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The Atlantic Telegraph  by W H Russell, LLD  Illustrated by Robert Dudley  Dedicated by Special Permission to His Royal Highness  Albert Edward, Prince of Wales  DAY & SON LIMITED 6 GATE STREET LONDON  R. Dudley
THE   ATLANTIC
TELEGRAPH
( 1 8 6 5 )


by
W. H. RUSSELL




NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS
 
 
International Standard Book Number 0-87021-806-9

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 75-184620

First published in 1865

Published and Distributed in the
United States of America by the
Naval Institute Press

Printed in Great Britain
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Weighing anchor off the Maplin Sands, Nore, July 15, 1865
ii
OPPOSITE PAGE
The reels of gutta-percha-covered conducting-wire conveyed into tanks at the works at Greenwich 
14
Valentia in 1857-1858 at the time of the laying of the former cable
15
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Exterior view of Telegraph House in 1857-1858
26
Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior of messroom, 1858
27
H.M.S. Agamemnon laying the Atlantic telegraph cable in 1858: A whale crosses the line
30
Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works at Greenwich
31
The cable passed from the works into the hulk lying in the Thames at Greenwich
38
The old frigate with her freight of cable alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness
39
Paying-out machinery
40
Coiling the cable in the after-tank on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on May 24
41
Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, looking seawards from the point at which the cable reaches the shore
44
The cliffs,                         
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