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Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
1-632-418 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich. The cable, connecting Valentia island, off the Irish coast, and Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, was successfully laid in the summer of 1866 by Brunel's steamship, the 'Great Eastern'. From The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, published 1866.
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Creator
- Robert Dudley, attributed to: {(British?)}: Artist
People Related
- Sir William Howard Russell: British; Irish: War correspondent, author, reporter, writer
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Greenwich Greenwich
- 51 29 00 N , 000 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy
Science & Nature Technology & Innovation
Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry
Trade & Industry Communications
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5126x3431
File Size : 51,526kb
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- 192780
- 0600000042
- 1-632-418
- 1632418
- 192780