Telegraph is any apparatus or process to convey messages over long distances with no intermediary messenger. Telegraph may also refer to: Related to telegraphy 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), a list of 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 Telegraph, Isles of Scilly, a settlement on the island of St Mary's, England Telegraph, Texas, a ghost town in Kimble County, Texas, United States Telegraph Avenue, in Alameda County, California, United States Telegraph City, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States Telegraph Cove, a community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Telegraph Creek, a community in British Columbia, Canada Telegraph Peak (California), in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States Telegraph Peak (Lander County, Nevada) Telegraph Range, group of hills on the Nechako Plateau, British Columbia Interior, Canada Telegraph Plateau, a region of the North Atlantic Telegraph Column (Damascus), Syria, is a commemorative monument Telegraph Canyon Formation, a geologic formation in Nevada Telegraph House, a historic hotel located in Baddeck, Nova Scotia 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 Other uses Telegraph (sports), to unintentionally alert an opponent to one's immediate situation Telegraph (1914 sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon, United States Telegraph (sternwheeler 1903), a steamboat in Oregon and Washington, United States Telegraph Media Group, publisher of UK newspapers, previously Telegraph Group Telegraph plant, a tropical Asian shrub HMS Telegraph See also Telegram (disambiguation) Telegraph code, a character encodings used to