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Canadian Railway Telegraph History - Morse Codes

CANADIAN RAILWAY TELEGRAPH HISTORY


· Morse Codes -

Railway or American Morse was the first offically accepted Morse Code used in North America. In Canadian Railway Telegraph History, Railway or American Morse is clearly identified. However, in another chapter, reference is made in several places throughout the book, that many other forms of 'Morse' Code did develop.

In the Table below, other forms of 'Morse' Code that developed before and after Morse and Vail is shown.

'MORSE' CODES

NOTE 1: *2 refers to the dah being twice as long
NOTE 2: Civil War Code was taught phonetically-the dash between words is a hyphen
NOTE 3: US Navy Bugle Code is a MUSICAL: dot=1/8 note and dash=1/4 note
NOTE 4: The 'S' indicates a silent space

Sources: CRTH=Canadian Railway Telegraph History / D&D=Dots & Dashes(CNR)

NAMESOURCEYEARINVENTOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Double Translation CodeCRTHca1835Morse················-··-···-····-·····-letters A-Z not assigned dit/dah
'Vail' CodeCRTHca1837Vail····· ··· ····· · ·· ····· ······-·· ·-·---··-··········-·· ··-·--··--·--··--·-·-·
NAMESOURCEYEARINVENTOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
American or Railway MorseCRTHMay 1844Morse & Vail·--···-·····-·····----······--··-····-··--*2·--····· ·-····-·--·······-·-·-·--*2---·· ········-·· ·····-··-···-·--·-···· ····· ·
Civil War Code (Phonetic Only)
See Note 2		CRTHca1860MorseAg-ainstBar-ba-ri-anCont-in-ent-alDah-li-aEggFu-ri-ous-lyGal-lant-lyHu-mi-li-tyI-vyJu-ris-dic-tionKan-ga-rooLe-gis-la-torMoun-tainNob-leOff-ens-ivePho-tog-raph-erQueen-Ka-tha-rineRe-bec-caSe-ver-alTeaUn-i-formVe-ry-va-riedWa-ter-looEx-hi-bi-tionYouth-ful-&-fair2-long/2-short
International Morse
also referred to as Continental, Radiotelegraph, Wireless, Morse Code		variousca1890International Convention·----··---···--····-·····-····--···---··----·-----·--···-·-·-·····-·--········----·-·-··---·---·--·--·-·-····-··-···-·---··--·----··
NAMESOURCEYEARINVENTOR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
US Navy Bugle Code
See Note 3		D&Dca1920High School student at West Roxbury, Mass. ??····-···--··---·----·····-····--···---··----·-----··-··-··-··---·-·--·---·-·-·--··-····--··-······------·-··-·--··-··--····---··--·-
'Rock Telegraph'-US Vietnam PoWs /
also known as the 'Smitty Harris Tap Code'
see Note 4		Adm. J Stockdaleca1965·S··S···S····S·····S·······S···S····S·····S······S······S······S····S·····S······S·······S·········S·····S······S·······S········S··········S······S·······S········S·········S·····