Cyrus West Field, American Telecommunications Pioneer

Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. The cable was officially opened on August 16, 1858, when Queen Victoria sent President James Buchanan a message in Morse code

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