The Needles The Needles The Needles is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost Civil Parish of the Isle of Wight. The Needles Lighthouse stands at the outer, western end of the formation. Built in 1859, it has been automated since 1994. The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the Needles along with the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and
Norddeich radio station it began to broadcast a time signal along with the broadcast tower on the Eiffel Tower. As technology improved it was involved in a number of record-breaking transmissions including the 1912 record-breaking distance of a wireless transmission of . During World War I it was used to signal German naval vessels. In 1925, three of its masts collapsed. Norddeich radio station Norddeich station was a wireless radio station built in 1910 in Norddeich, Germany. The station was originally going to set up on the Island of Borkum but in the end Norddeich was chosen. Standing at high, the antenna tower