182 years agoThe Age of Steam
1844-05-24
The Telegraph Line Opens
Morse sent a message from Washington to Baltimore: "What hath God wrought!"
Art style · 1840s lithograph
World population
1.24Bpeople
1/7 of today
Primary energy power
8.6×10¹¹W
1/24 of today
London → New York message
6 days
17.49M times slower than today
Every timeline entry cites its source. Metrics interpolate logarithmically between sourced data points. Forecasts include institutional and community views, and attributed site scenarios; years are not guaranteed realization dates. Illustrations are AI-generated in each era's style.
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