Arrival of the "Great Eastern" in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, with the Atlantic Cable, July 27, 1866, artist's impression.

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Arrival of the "Great Eastern" in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, with the Atlantic Cable, July 27, 1866, artist's impression.

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Jia Ma, House Divided Project, Dickinson College

Scan date

11/10/2015

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 1, 2016.

Depicted ContentHeart's Content, Newfoundland

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.

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engraving

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Original caption

The arrival of the Great Eastern and the Cable Fleet in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, with the Atlantic Cable, on the morning of the 27th of July - From sketches by our Special Artist, Mr. Joseph Becker.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 18, 1866, p. 345.

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