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        <div>This is a model of Morse's telegraph key, as originally designed by Alfred Vail. This&nbsp;key sent the first US telegraph message on May 24, 1844. The model uses a hose as the spring to lift the arm of the key, so it really works!</div><div>The base of the model shows a message in morse code, can you decode it?</div><div><strong>. . _ .</strong> 	= L</div><div><strong>.</strong> 			= E</div><div><strong>_ _ .</strong> 	= G</div><div><strong>_ _ _</strong> 	= O</div><div><br></div><div>The model contains 183 pieces.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, we didn't have all necessary colours...</div><video-player :stream="true" poster-image-url="https://ideascdn.lego.com/community/lego_ci/activity_field_attachments/1084/2d9b824e-1717-4869-9810-b3be47b7e704/still.0000000.jpg" src="https://ideascdn.lego.com/community/lego_ci/activity_field_attachments/1084/2d9b824e-1717-4869-9810-b3be47b7e704/stream.m3u8" data-video-info="still:https://ideascdn.lego.com/community/lego_ci/activity_field_attachments/1084/2d9b824e-1717-4869-9810-b3be47b7e704/still.0000000.jpg:stream:https://ideascdn.lego.com/community/lego_ci/activity_field_attachments/1084/2d9b824e-1717-4869-9810-b3be47b7e704/stream.m3u8:uuid:2d9b824e-1717-4869-9810-b3be47b7e704" :suppress-not-supported="true"></video-player>
    

Telegraph Key

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