Picture No | 10271571 |
Date | 1850 |
Description | Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start |
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The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however, the cable failed and it was discovered that a French fisherman had hauled up the wire with his catch, and cut it!
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Source | The Illustrated London News 7 September 1850 page 205 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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