Telegraph station in Heart's Content Bay, Newfoundland
Telegraph station in Heart's Content Bay, Newfoundland. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858. In 1865, Brunel's Great Eastern set out on a second attempt to but the expedition had to be called off. A year later, the first successful laying of a transatlantic cable between Foilhommerum Bay, Ireland to Heart's Content, Newfoundland also recovered the abandoned 1865 cable
Picture No
14108782
Media ID
45607328
Size
5700px x 3609px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1866, page 224
Date
1866
