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Examining the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, after raising it, on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

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Examining the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, after raising it, on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley '...of the anxious group of men...handling and inspecting the cable...a fault in the electric insulation of the cable...[had been] detected, and a length of ten miles which had been submerged in the wake of the ship was picked up again to examine where the fault lay; it was then found that a tiny piece of loose iron wire had forced its way through the outer covering and the gutta-percha surrounding the electric wire, so as to come in contact with the latter; and, when this piece was cut out and a new splice made, the fault was effectually cured...the final examination...was made by a series of electrical tests. Slowly but surely the defective portion of the cable was reached and cut out. A very painful discovery...was then made...It was impossible to resist the irritating and sorrowful conviction that such an injury was the work of some hired cable assassin or some purposeless malefactor...the names of the gentlemen who performed this voluntary service were Mr. Cyrus Field, Captain Moriarty, Professor Thomson, Mr. Varley, Mr. R. Dudley, Mr. H. O'Neil, A.R.A., Mr. Gooch, M.P., and M. Jules Despecher'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A26_279

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Droits gérés

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28,4Mo (2,5Mo) / 32,9cm x 21,6cm / 3887 x 2553 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation people male technology man men communication communications cable arts night industry dark art guy ship ships British color lighting industrial deck darkness telecommunications century lantern Britain examining checking faulty newspapers press print broken company concept telegraph winch telecommunication time of day B&W sabotage engraved engraving Colour steamship on deck 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Atlantic Telegraph Company Great Eastern gutta percha Illustrated London News steam ship telegraph cable telegraphy winding gear winding machine winding wheel Lord Kelvin Thomson William Thomson ILN Robert Dudley Cyrus West Field newspaper on board Unknown William Sir William Lord Kelvin Cyrus Field Cyrus West Sir William Thomson Baron Kelvin SS Great Eastern Robert Charles Dudley Dudley Robert Charles sabotaged 19th-century Dudley Robert 1st Baron Kelvin Baron Kelvin Cyrus F