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Inventions Short Wave Radio1919 Short Wave Radios Dr. Lee De Forest and Gugliemo Marconi invented the Short Wave Radio in 1919. They became know as the “Fathers of Radio.” The Holland Tunnel1927 The Holland Tunnel Built by Clifford M. Holland 1920 to 1927 Cost $54,000,000 100,000 vehicles pass through each day North tube 8,558 feet South tube 8,371 feet The Holland Tunnel 1999 Television1928 Television Vladmir Kosma Zworykin is know as Television’s Modern Father. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was first to transmit a television image. The image was a dollar sign. $ Color Television 1925- Zwo