Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
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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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- Robert Dudley, attributed to: (British?): Artist
People Related
- Sir William Howard Russell: British; Irish: War correspondent, author, reporter, writer
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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London Greenwich Greenwich
- 51 29 00 N , 000 00 00 E
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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation
Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry
Trade & Industry Communications
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- 192780
- 0600000042
- 1-632-418
- 1632418
- 192780
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