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Trans Atlantic Collection (page 2)

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction

Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich, 1865, 1865

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple

In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple, August 2nd, 1865, 1865

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit

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 23rd, 1865, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames

The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness

The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hulk to the Great Eastern, 1865

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865

Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: H. M. S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

H. M. S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line
H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern: The Cable Passing Out, 1865-66

Interior of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern: The Cable Passing Out, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable

The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865, 1865

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc. 1866, 1865-66

Deck of the Great Eastern, the Cable Trough, etc. 1866, 1865-66

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: News Received Through the Atlantic Cable From All Parts of the World, etc. 1866

News Received Through the Atlantic Cable From All Parts of the World, etc. 1866

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866, 1866

The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866, 1866

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable, 1866. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley

Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable, 1866. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley
Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable, 1866

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Thomas Willing, 1782. Creator: Charles Willson Peale

Thomas Willing, 1782. Creator: Charles Willson Peale
Thomas Willing, 1782

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon... (1901). Creator: Unknown

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon... (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon fitted with the machine for passing the coil overboard, (1901). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901)

The breaking of the Atlantic Cable on board the Great Eastern, August 2, 1865, (1901). The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean from Valentia Island in

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: The Consolidated Liberator, 1941. Creator: Unknown

The Consolidated Liberator, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Consolidated Liberator, 1941. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber capable of transatlantic flight, used by the RAF during the Second World War

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Passengers play cards on the deck of a Red Star liner, 1907. Creator: Unknown

Passengers play cards on the deck of a Red Star liner, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Passengers play cards on the deck of a Red Star liner, 1907. People enjoy a game of Bridge on board an ocean liner on a transatlantic crossing

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown

Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Amelia Earhart, 1928, (1935). American aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart (born 1897; disappeared 2 July 1937), was the first woman to to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Launch of the Empress of Britain, Glasgow, 11 June 1930, (1935). Creator: Unknown

Launch of the Empress of Britain, Glasgow, 11 June 1930, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Launch of the Empress of Britain, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 June 1930, (1935). The new Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain, which was launched at Glasgow by the Prince of Wales

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Alcock and Brown... after the first non-stop transatlantic flight, London, June 1919, (1935)

Alcock and Brown... after the first non-stop transatlantic flight, London, June 1919, (1935)
Alcock and Brown are welcomed after the first non-stop transatlantic flight, London, June 1919, (1935). British aviators Captain John Alcock (1892-1919) and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: A symbolic gesture, 1930. Creator: Unknown

A symbolic gesture, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A symbolic gesture, 1930. Un Geste Symbolique. Thanks to TSF (Telecoms without Borders), a military bugle blown in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris answers the greeting of another bugle across

Background imageTrans Atlantic Collection: Mr. Churchill with the R. A. F. - at the controls of the flying boat Berwick'

Mr. Churchill with the R. A. F. - at the controls of the flying boat Berwick"
Mr. Churchill with the R.A.F." - at the controls of the flying boat " Berwick", January 1942, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965)



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