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World's fastest transatlantic cable linked to progress note
The article recalls the completion of a new transatlantic cable by Western Union, heralded as the world's fastest with a 2500 letters per minute capacity thanks to permalloy wrapping. It recounts Cyrus Field's long drive and the 1885 project led by John Pender, the Great Eastern's role, and the layered construction of the cable from copper conductor to gutta percha insulation and armor.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Cyrus Field
New York
Curuy Field
New Republic
New Orleans
Field Ag x
Dreamer
England
Argwat
Field
United States
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
America
Tong
Gutta-Percha Company
Great Eastern
Neamed
Eable
John Pender
Atlantic Telegraph
Anglo American Velograph Company
Gutta-Percha
Telegraph Construction, and
Great Lantern
Trinity Bay
Newfoundland
Cheshore
Tealio
London
Malay Peninsula
Malaysia
North America
Western Union