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Anglo American Cable Co
Arlett
Bryson, R. M.
Clark, Capt. H.
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Day & Son
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Atlantic
Telegraph
cable machinery onboard Great Eastern (1858) (Photograph album)
The
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable was laid by the above vessels for the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company (Print)
HMS Agamemnon laying the
Atlantic
Telegraph
cable in 1858. A whale crosses the line (Print)
The Route of the
Atlantic
Telegraph
, The Great Eastern Section of the bed of the
Atlantic
(Print)
The
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cables, 1865 and 1866, signed 'Henry A Moriarty Staff Commander RN' Malby and
The Great Eastern Steamship James Anderson Esq Commander with
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable 1865 (Print)
The Great Eastern Leaving Sheerness with the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable on Board June 1866 (Print)
Atlantic
Electric
Telegraph
Cable between Ireland and Newfoundland, August 1857 and 1858.
The Great Eastern, leaving Sheerness with the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable on Board June 1866 (Print)
Chart showing positions of American
Telegraph
& Cable Co.
A sketch shewing the position of the Great Eastern when trying to recover the end of the
Atlantic
telegraph
North
Atlantic
Ocean.
House flag, Eastern
Telegraph
Co, London (House flag)
Repairs to the German
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company's 1900 and 1904 Fayal - New York cables and diversion
Town and Harbour of St John's, Newfoundland Taken in Commemoration of the successful laying of the
Atlantic
The Daily
Telegraph
Cruising and Shipping Chart. (Chart)
Town and Harbour of St John's, Newfoundland Taken in Commemoration of the successful laying of the
Atlantic
Medal commemorating laying of the
Atlantic
cable, 1866 (Medal)
The
Atlantic
Cable (Print)
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable 1865.
[
Atlantic
Cable Repairing Expedition 23 June to 21 July 1878] (cable chart)
Atlantic
Cable celebration (Print)
Submarine cable length (Submarine cable length)
Submarine cable box (Submarine cable box)
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