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World’s fastest Atlantic telegraph cable described
An 1880s-era feature recalls the race to lay a transatlantic undersea cable. It celebrates Cyrus Field, English investors, and the 1865, 1866, and 1885 cable milestones, detailing construction, materials, and the promise of rapid telegraphy linking New York and London via permalloy, gutta percha, and armored conductors.
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Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Atantle
Cyrus Field
New York
Evanta
Republic
Avery School
New Orleany
Field Ann -Dreamer
Hogland
America
Agamemnon
Tha Niagara
Field
Thoza
Victoria
Buchanan
Andover
Mags
United States
Atlantic
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
England
Tha Gutta-Percha Company
John Pander
Gutta-Parcho Company
Atlantic ‘Dalegraph Company
Anglo- American Telegraph Company
Gutta-Torcha Company
Telegraph, Construction ‘and Maintenance Company
Grant Baptorm
Penny Bay
Newfoundland
Trish
Dantern
Ita
Ray Roberts
Vance
Eagland
Western
Union Eee
Buenieth
London
Malay Peninsula
Malaysia
North America
Western Union
Udio