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Casa del Telegrafista

Casa del telegrafista means "house of the telegrapher" in Spanish. A long time ago, people used something called a telegraph to send messages over long distances. The telegraph was like a machine with a key and a sounder. You would type a message on the key, and it would send a signal through wires to another telegraph machine somewhere else. The person there would hear the signal on their sounder and write down the message.

Telegraphers worked in a special house called a Casa del telegrafista. This was a place where they could use the telegraph machine to send and receive messages. Usually, the Casa del telegrafista was a small building with a room for the telegraph machine and a room for the telegrapher to sleep and eat.

Back in the old days, the telegraph was a really important way of communicating. People could send messages across the country in just a matter of hours, which was super fast for that time. The Casa del telegrafista was a crucial spot for telegraphers to do their important work and keep our messages flowing!