Picture No | 10216150 |
Date | 1859 |
Description | British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company's Offices |
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The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company's Offices in Threadneedle Street, London, built in 1859. The Company was formed out of a merger between The Magnetic Telegraph Company and The British Telegraph Company in 1857, and laid two cables; one from Portpatrick to Donaghadee and the second from Portpatrick to Whitehead.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 2 April 1859, page 329 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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