Title

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865-1866. Artist: Robert Dudley

Caption

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865-1866. Cable passing out of one of the tanks on board the 'Great Eastern'. An attempt in 1865 by Brunel's giant steamship, the 'Great Eastern' to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped and the end was lost. The following year the 'Great Eastern' succeeded in retrieving the lost cable and completing it, connecting Valentia in Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Instead of the length of a sea voyage, communication time between the two sides of the Atlantic became a matter of seconds. From The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, published 1866.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1992

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D58_151

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (4,8Mb) / 17,3in x 11,2in / 5189 x 3372 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male interior indoors technology man men communications cable guy ship ships British color colour century Britain inside tank 19th century water transport nineteenth century Great Eastern telegraph cable telegraphy transatlantic communications cable Robert Dudley Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel Isambard Kingdom WH Sir William Howard Russell Russell Sir William Howard William Howard Russell William Howard WH Russell Historica Graphica Collection Dudley Robert Sir William Howard Russell Isambard Kingdom Brunel