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Picture No 10793740
Date 1866
Description Laying the shore end of the Atlantic telegraph cable
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Laying the shore end of the Atlantic telegraph cable at Foilhommerum, Isle of Valentia, Ireland. 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 due to bad weather. 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.
Source Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28th July 1866, page 81
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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