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Atlantic Telegraph Company
Canning, Samuel
Clifford, Henry
Dudley, Robert
Ford, James
Hanson, Percy
Lord-Macquitty Collection
Russell, William Howard
Seamen, Registrar General Of Shipping And
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
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Atlantic
Telegraph
newsletter (Manuscript)
1865
CLF/6/2
Newsletter published by H. Day on board the GREAT EASTERN during the 1865 cable laying expedition, including a weekly summary for the period 29 July-17 August 1865.
'The
Atlantic
Telegraph
' (Manuscript)
c.1865-1866
CLF/6/5
Volume titled ‘The Atlantic Telegraph’ which includes a copy of the newsletter published by H Day on board the GREAT EASTERN (see RMG ID: CLF/6/2) and a copy of an article ‘Great Eastern Photographs’ from the Temple Bar journal, October 1866, page 424. Also enclosed are some photographs.
'The
Atlantic
Telegraph
' (Manuscript)
c.1908
CLF/6/10
Volume titled 'The Atlantic Telegraph' containing a copy of the script of the comedy 'Steamship Great Eastern July 1866 Being a cableistic and Eastern extravaganza' (see RMG ID: CLF6/8) and a copy of the Script of 'Contentina', a comic operetta based on the GREAT EASTER…
‘The
Atlantic
Telegraph
a Descriptive History’ (Manuscript)
July 1857
CLF/6/1
Printed volume titled 'The Atlantic Telegraph a Descriptive History', published by the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
'The
Atlantic
Telegraph
' by W.H. Russell. (Manuscript)
c.1865
CLF/6/4
Printed book titled 'The Atlantic Telegraph' by W.H. Russell, with illustrations by Robert Dudley. Also includes some related press cuttings, postcards and drawings.
Atlantic
Telegraph
: patent specifications and press cuttings on shipbuilding and the
Atlantic
Telegraph
1860-1870
SCS/15
Atlantic Telegraph: patent specifications and press cuttings on shipbuilding and the Atlantic Telegraph in the 1860s, collected by Cedric Atkinson.
Documents related to the
Atlantic
telegraph
cable (Manuscript)
c.1857-1908
CLF/6
Documents related to the manufacture and laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable. See item level records for further details.
Log of GREAT EASTERN kept during laying of
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable. (Manuscript)
1866-06-30 - 1866-09-18
MRF/93
Log of GREAT EASTERN kept by Robert C. Halpin, Chief Officer, during laying of Atlantic Telegraph Cable 30 June to 18 September 1866.
…
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1858-02-17 - 1900-03
TCM/6/5
SUPPLYING, LAYING AND REPAIR OF CABLES. Anglo - American Telegraph Company Ltd. Contract Book, Atlantic (New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company) 17 Feb 1858 - 3 Mar 1866). Atlantic (1865, 1866) Atlantic Telegraph Company) 5 May 1864 - 25 May 1866.…
GREAT EASTERN
telegraph
, two copies of the papers produced while she was laying the
Atlantic
Cable, 1866
1866
THP/5
GREAT EASTERN telegraph, two copies of the papers produced while she was laying the Atlantic Cable, 1866.
Telegraph
Construction And Maintainance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1866
TCM/16/5
PAPERS RELATING TO THE SS GREAT EASTERN AND THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLES. Copies of a diary relating to the laying of the Atlantic Cable and of an article entitled "Atlantic telegraph expedition 1866, the landing of the shore-end", 1866.
Booklet titled 'Great
Atlantic
Haul' (Manuscript)
1866-09-17
CLF/6/7
Booklet titled 'Great Atlantic Haul' containing the script of 'Contentina... being a great eastern mystery typifying the instructive story of Cyrus in search of his love.'. By J.C. Deane and G.V. Poore.…
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1863-10-20 - 1863-10-20
TCM/21/25
PAPERS OF WILLOUGHBY SMITH. PAPERS RELATING TO CABLES. Atlantic Telegraph Company report of William Fairburn on the mechanical properties of the proposed Atlantic Cable, to the scientific committee, 20th October 1863
Telegraph
Construction And Maintainance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1865 - 1866-09-08
TCM/16/6
PAPERS RELATING TO THE SS GREAT EASTERN AND THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLES. Copies of the first messages senr through the 1865/6 Atlantic Cables, 1865 - 8 September 1866.
‘'The
Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Company Limited' (Manuscript)
1903
CLF/6/11
Printed volume, 'The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited' dated 16 June 1903, published for the visit of International Telegraph Conference delegates to the company’s Gutta Percha Works in London. Written in English and French.
Telegraph
Construction And Maintainance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1865-07-29 - 1866-07-28
TCM/16/7
PAPERS RELATING TO THE SS GREAT EASTERN AND THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLES. Newspapers produced on board the GREAT EASTERN, 29 Jul 1865 - 28 July 1866.
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1866-07-26 - 1866-09-17
TCM/22/3
CORRESPONDENCE. Telegrams to Richard Attwood Glass in Surrey from Valentia on the occasion of the succesful laying of the 1866 Atlantic Cable, 26th July - 22nd Septembet 1866.…
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1902-08-15 - 1923-09-15
TCM/6/8
SUPPLYING, LAYING AND REPAIR OF CABLES. Commercial Cable Company. Manila - Guam - Midway - Honolulu, 15 Aug 1902 - April 1903. Waterville - Canso, 6 Mar - Aug 1905. New York - St Johns 9 March - July 1909. Waterville - Canso (1884), November 1909.…
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1957-09-28 - 1959-05-25
TCM/26/4
PUBLICITY - TELCON CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS - The first Atlantic Cable 1959 - Typescript for BBC Radio 'People, Places and Things' 5, 'The story of the first Transatlantic Cable', John Merrett.…
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1899-08-04 - 1900-05
TCM/6/22
SUPPLYING, LAYING AND REPAIR OF CABLES. German Atlantic Telegraph Company. Borkum - Fayal - New York, 4 August 1899 - May 1900
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
TCM/28/5
UNPUBLISHED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. "Draft No 1", History of the Gutta Percha Company and Development of the First Atlantic Telegraph, nd
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1865 - 1865
TCM/27/32
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS - Russell, W H "The Atlantic Telegraph" illustrated by Robert Dudley (London, 1865)
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1866 - 1866
TCM/21/43
PAPERS OF WILLOUGHBY SMITH - OTHER PRINTED MATTER. "Atlantic Telegraph Cable", Address given by Professor William Thomson, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 18th December 1865, printed 1866
Telegraph
Construction And Maintenance Company Limited (Manuscript)
1856-11-01 - 1856-11-01
TCM/21/41
PAPERS OF WILLOUGHBY SMITH - OTHER PRINTED MATTER. "The Atlantic Telegraph", prospectus, by Cyrus Field, vice-president of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company, 1st November 1856
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