All Red Line

All Red Line is an informal name for the system of electrical telegraphs that linked all the British Empire. It was inaugurated on 31st October, 1902.

Name

In British political maps, the Empire territory was colored red.

Routes

Atlantic Ocean

• Great Britain
• Ireland
• Canada

Pacific Ocean

• Vancouver, Canada
• Fanning Island. It was deserted until a telegraph relay station was established.
• Fiji
• Norfolk Island, branching to New Zealand and Australia
• Brisbane, Australia

Indian Ocean

• Perth, Australia
• Cocos, branching to India and Africa
• Mauritius
• South Africa
  • Durban
  • Cape Town
• Saint Helena
• Ascension
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Great Britain

External links

• Map of the 1902 line
• A 1904 speech by Sandford Fleming on the importance of an imperial cable system.