Landing of the Key West, Florida end of the new Cuba to United States underwater telegraph cable, August 3, 1867, artist's impression.

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Sarah Goldberg, House Divided Project, Dickinson College

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07/20/2016

Notes

Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 28, 2017.

Depicted ContentThe submarine cable between Punta Rassa and Key West completes the Washington to Havana telegraph line.

Depicted ContentThe International Ocean Telegraph Company is formed to extend telegraph lines into Central American and the Caribbean.

Depicted ContentThe mayor of Key West and the Cuban captain-general exchange messages on the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph.

Depicted ContentThe American end of the new United States to Cuba undersea telegraph is landed near Key West, Florida.

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engraving

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Original caption

The Cuban Cable - Landing the shore end at South Beach near Fort Taylor, Key West - Sketched by Dr. J. B. Holder, U.S.A.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, September 7, 1867, p. 572.

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