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Atlantic
Telegraph
cable machinery onboard Great Eastern (1858) (Photograph album)
ALB0999
The
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable was laid by the above vessels for the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company (Print)
PAJ2251
HMS Agamemnon laying the
Atlantic
Telegraph
cable in 1858. A whale crosses the line (Print)
PAD6204
The Route of the
Atlantic
Telegraph
, The Great Eastern Section of the bed of the
Atlantic
(Print)
PAG8266
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Atlantic
Telegraph
newsletter (Manuscript)
1865
CLF/6/2
'The
Atlantic
Telegraph
' (Manuscript)
c.1865-1866
CLF/6/5
'The
Atlantic
Telegraph
' (Manuscript)
c.1908
CLF/6/10
‘The
Atlantic
Telegraph
a Descriptive History’ (Manuscript)
July 1857
CLF/6/1
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The
Atlantic
telegraph
Russell, W H
1866
621.315.28(261):621.394.4
FOLIO
1 copy available in Onsite storage - please ORDER to view.
The
Atlantic
telegraph
(1865)
Russell, W H
1972
621.315.28(261):621.394.4
BOOK
1 copy available in Onsite storage - please ORDER to view.
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