Caption

Recovering the large cable from the first failed attempt at an overseas cable from Ireland to Newfoundland, Atlantic Ocean, seabed, failure, on board the sailing ship, recovering and folding the cable, crew on deck, inventions in the 19th century, technology, telegraphy, historical illustration 1872, Germany

Date

Aug 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wolfgang Diederich

Reference

BRK25I88_226

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

117,3Mb (11,9Mb) / 26,0in x 17,5in / 7796 x 5260 (300dpi)

Keywords

underwater underwater photo history technology sailboat boat sailing ship ship Atlantic Ocean Canada North America America German Ireland Europe illustration depiction sea bottom underwater world historic ground Canadian failure big technical Irish european invention cable Germany sea Newfoundland Central Europe 19th century Historic illustration underwater shot sailing boat sailing vessel vessel Atlantic Republic of Ireland representation seabed historical bottom large by inventing line German Federal Republic Newfoundland Island Middle Europe nineteenth century Historical illustration Irish Republic ocean floor great wire Republic of Germany 1900s sea floor FRG underwater photos technologies sailboats boats sailing ships ships Atlantic Oceans illustrations depictions underwater worlds grounds tech inventions cables 19th-century Historic illustrations sailing boats sailing vessels historically Historical illustrations wires BRD under water Underwater scene Europe's depicting historical image history image history images sailingboat sailingboats representing