Landing of the eastern end of the new Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Valentia Island, Ireland, July 1866, artist's impression

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11/01/2015

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Cropped, sized and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, May 12, 2016.

Depicted ContentTelegraph

Depicted ContentThe new Atlantic Cable transmits and receives its first messages between North America and Europe.

Depicted ContentThe Great Eastern begins to lay cable connected to the recovered 1865 broken cable and heads for Newfoundland.

Depicted ContentThe Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, arrives in Newfoundland and the cable is connected.

Depicted ContentThe Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passes where the cable broke and was lost in 1865.

Depicted ContentOff Ireland, the Great Eastern begins her cable laying operation towards Canada.

Depicted ContentThe eastern end of the new Atlantic Cable is delivered to Valencia in Ireland.

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Original caption

The Atlantic Cable - Landing the shore-end at Valentia, Ireland

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 11, 1866, p. 501.

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