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| Picture No | 10793743 |
| Date | 1866 |
| Description | Telegraph station in Heart's Content Bay, Newfoundland |
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Telegraph station in Heart's Content Bay, Newfoundland. 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. 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.
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| Source | Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1866, page 224 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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