Laying the electric cable between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. Arrival of the war steamer Argus after breaking the cable. (see print Illustrated London News 20 Oct 1855, p.480 (Cables 25)

original art: drawing

Object Details

ID: PAG8262
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Argus (1849); Great Eastern (1858) Victoria [HMS]
Date made: 1849; Oct 1855
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 123 x 233 mm;
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