🌊 PK Porthcurno
Telegraph and wireless museum on Cornish cliffs, southwest England
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Porthcurno, Cornwall, southwest England
- Type: Communications heritage museum and restored cable station
- Cable routes: 18 submarine telegraph cables connected to six continents
- Notable date: Marconi wireless experiments conducted in 1901
PK Porthcurno is a museum in southwest Cornwall that preserves the site of a Victorian telegraph cable station once critical to global communications infrastructure. The museum documents the history of submarine telegraph cables and early wireless experiments that linked Britain to India, Australia, Africa, and other continents during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As of 2026, the museum operates as a visitor attraction with restored underground cable tunnels, interactive exhibits, and ...