Telegraph is any apparatus or process to convey messages over long distances with no intermediary messenger.
Telegraph may also refer to:
Communication Electrical telegraph, sends and receives messages via electric signals Printing telegraph, electrical telegraph that uses plain text instead of code Optical telegraph, sending visual signals with pivoting shutters in towers Hydraulic telegraph, based on the displacement of water in pipes, or on container water levels Engine order telegraph, device on a ship used by the pilot to signal engine speeds
Arts and entertainment Telegraphing (entertainment), giving a clear hint of the meaning or outcome of a dramatic action through acting
Music Telegraph (album), a 2005 album by Drake Bell (includes the title song) Telegraphs (band), an English alternative-rock band "Telegraph" (song), a 1983 single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Telegraph Melts, a 1986 album by Jandek
Periodicals The Telegraph (disambiguation), several newspapers called The Telegraph, Daily Telegraph or Sunday Telegraph Evening Telegraph, a list of newspapers with that title Morning Telegraph, a list of newspapers with that title
Places United States Telegraph, Texas, a ghost town in Kimble County, Texas Telegraph Avenue, in Alameda County, California Telegraph City, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California Telegraph Peak (California), in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino County, California Telegraph Peak (Lander County, Nevada) Telegraph Canyon Formation, a geologic formation in Nevada
Canada Telegraph Cove, a community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Telegraph Creek, a community in British Columbia Telegraph Range, group of hills on the Nechako Plateau, British Columbia Interior Telegraph House, a historic hotel located in Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Elsewhere Telegraph, Isles of Scilly, a settlement on the island of St Mary's, England Telegraph Plateau, a region of the North Atlantic Telegraph Column (Damascus), Syria, is a commemorative monument Telegraph House (Taganrog), a building in Taganrog, Rostov region Telegraph Island, in the Elphinstone Inlet Telegraph Hill (disambiguation), various places Telegraph Road (disambiguation), various roads Telegraph Building (disambiguation), various buildings Telegraph Peak (disambiguation), various peaks Télégraphe station, a Paris Metro station
Ships Telegraph (1903 sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon and Washington, United States Telegraph (1914 sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon, United States HMS Telegraph, several vessels of the Royal Navy PS Telegraph, a paddle steamer of the London and North Western Railway PS Telegraph, a paddle steamer which exploded in Norwich in 1817
Other uses Telegraph (sports), to unintentionally alert an opponent to one's immediate situation Telegraph Media Group, publisher of UK newspapers, previously Telegraph Group Telegraph plant, a tropical Asian shrub
See also Telegram (disambiguation) Telegraph code, a character encodings used to transmit information through telegraphy machines Telegraph Avenue (novel), a 2012 book by Michael Chabon El Telégrafo (disambiguation)