Atlantic Telegraph Expedition

BEC 1180.TET (image/tiff)
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: 1180.TET

: British Empire & Commonwealth

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: Atlantic Telegraph Expedition

: Atlantic Telegraph Expedition View from sea, the Great Eastern paddle steamer surrounded by small ships, all flying flags. Landscape in background of Heart's Content, in Newfoundland and Labrador, where the cable station was located. First successful laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable between Valentia Island, off Ireland, and Heart's Content in Newfoundland. Text below, Atlantic Telegraph Expedition. Landing of the cable in Heart's Content. June 27 1866 C.Lewis. Print on paper

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: Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, North America, Americas

: Heart's Content

: 1866

: laying of transatlantic cable

: Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, North America, Americas

: Heart's Content

: 1866

: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012

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