When was Reginald Aubrey Fessenden born?
Reginald Fessenden
In November 1902, two wealthy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania businessmen, Hay Walker, Jr., and Thomas H. Given, financed the formation of the National Electric Signaling Company (NESCO) to support Fessenden's research. Initially the new company was based in Washington, D.C., where a station was constructed for experimental and demonstration purposes. Two additional demonstration stations were constructed at Collinswood, New Jersey (near Philadelphia) and Jersey City, New Jersey (near New York City).[13] In 1904 an attempt was made to link the General Electric plants in Schenectady, New York and Lynn, Massachusetts, a distance of 185 miles (300 km), however the effort was unsuccessful.[14]