Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill

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research laboratory telecommunications research facility

The Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill was a major British telecommunications research facility where pioneering work on electronic computing and codebreaking equipment, including contributions to Colossus, was carried out.

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Label	Occurrences
Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill canonical	2
Dollis Hill Post Office Research Station	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	research laboratory ⓘ telecommunications research facility ⓘ
affiliation	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ post-war telecommunications development ⓘ
fieldOfWork	codebreaking equipment ⓘ computer engineering ⓘ electronic engineering ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
heritage	important site in history of British computing ⓘ important site in history of telecommunications research in the UK ⓘ
inception	1933 ⓘ
locatedIn	Dollis Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ London Borough of Brent NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Willesden NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to early electronic computers in Britain ⓘ supporting wartime codebreaking efforts ⓘ
notableWork	contributions to Colossus computer ⓘ development of codebreaking equipment ⓘ pioneering work on electronic computing ⓘ
operatedBy	British Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	General Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Post Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Post Office research organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Post Office Research Station, Martlesham Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	development work related to Colossus during World War II ⓘ
status	former research facility ⓘ
usedFor	research and development of data transmission ⓘ research and development of telegraph systems ⓘ research and development of telephone systems ⓘ

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Tommy Flowers → employer → Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill ⓘ

Colossus computers → developer → Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dollis Hill Post Office Research Station

Colossus computers → builtAt → Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill ⓘ