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Germany soon linked its new colony to the rest of the world by cable.  The building shown here, later converted into a post office by the Japanese, was the headquarters for the cable station on Yap.  Opened in 1905, the cable station operated for many years afterwards.
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(TT Archives, Univ. of Hawaii Library)