Coiling the Atlantic telegraph wire on the H.M.S. Agamemnon
Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H.M.S Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North America. The cable was successfully laid on 5th August 1858, but the connection was lost on 20th October. Despite this, 723 telegraph messages had been successfully transmitted over 2500 miles
Picture No
11064412
Media ID
48566883
Size
5888px x 3887px
(6.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated Times', 1 August 1857, page 93
Date
1857
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