Title

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. 'View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic Telegraph, as it is destined to receive the European end of the cable, being "the nearest parish to America." This island, about five miles long and two broad, is situated near the southwest of Ireland, a short distance south of Dingle Bay'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A81_475

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18,4Mb (1,9Mb) / 12,8in x 5,6in / 3853 x 1672 (300dpi)

Keywords

ocean sea coast hill hills technology communication communications cutting cable arts coastal industry remote art island British geography color peninsula Ireland industrial innovation Atlantic Ocean telecommunications location century Britain newspapers press print company concept Kerry telegraph telecommunication turf B&W peat west coast engraved engraving transatlantic trans-atlantic Colour County Kerry 19th century black & white black and white B W Munster white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Atlantic Telegraph Company cable-laying geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown Valentia Island 19th-century Iveragh Peninsula