Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic Telegraph

The buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern, broke in 1866 and was therefore pulled up from the ocean bed with the grapnels, mended and repositioned

1866 Broke Buoys Laid Mended Pulled Recover Recovering Repositioned

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