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A failed German business man named Israel Beer Josaphat recognized a need to have information flow between Brussels and Aachen, Germany. 67 miles and news from across France and Belgium bottlenecked there before it could be whisked across Germany by electrical transmission. The train took 8 hours..pigeon ..under two. That was a critical delay in important info and stock prices. Josaphat contracted the services of an Aachen brewer who fancied pigeons to fly them betweent he two cities. The news in Brussels was hung from tiny bags under the birds wings and then flown to Aachen. The pigeons returned to the brewers loft where he removed the news and placed it in sealed boxes. Young boys raced the info the office. Josaphat, who would soon rename himself Julius Reuters to hide his Jewish roots, turned the messages into telegraphic messages and relayed them to Berlin and beyond.
in 1851 for 6 months Reuters till the gap in the telegraph service closed he turned the use of pigeons into the worlds largest news gathering organization.
How cool is that! I highly suggest you buy the book Pigeons, by Andrew Blechman, so far it has been a VERY interesting read.
Thread highjack.....
Did u know...
A failed German business man named Israel Beer Josaphat recognized a need to have information flow between Brussels and Aachen, Germany. 67 miles and news from across France and Belgium bottlenecked there before it could be whisked across Germany by electrical transmission. The train took 8 hours..pigeon ..under two. That was a critical delay in important info and stock prices. Josaphat contracted the services of an Aachen brewer who fancied pigeons to fly them betweent he two cities. The news in Brussels was hung from tiny bags under the birds wings and then flown to Aachen. The pigeons returned to the brewers loft where he removed the news and placed it in sealed boxes. Young boys raced the info the office. Josaphat, who would soon rename himself Julius Reuters to hide his Jewish roots, turned the messages into telegraphic messages and relayed them to Berlin and beyond.
in 1851 for 6 months Reuters till the gap in the telegraph service closed he turned the use of pigeons into the worlds largest news gathering organization.
How cool is that! I highly suggest you buy the book Pigeons, by Andrew Blechman, so far it has been a VERY interesting read.
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