Awaiting a transatlantic telegraph reply, 1866. Ilustration by Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826-1909). One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks.
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Awaiting a Reply, Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866