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A signal station was erected
on Telegraph Hill in 1849 from which to observe the incoming
vessels, a tall pole with movable arms was used to signal
to the people in the town below whether sailing vessels
or the sidewheel vessels of the Pacific mail were passing
through the Golden Gate. In September 1853, the first
telegraph in California, which extended eight miles to
Point Lobos, was stationed here, giving the hill its name.
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