Transatlantic Communications Cable Collection

The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley
The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M.S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory, 1866

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

Crippens Life at Sea, front page of the News of the World, 31 July 1910
Crippens Life at Sea, front page of the " News of the World", 31 July 1910. Headline story about murderer Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his lover, Ethel le Neve

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. Artist: Robert Dudley
The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. The launching of the buoy marking the spot where the cable had been grappled

Sir William Thomson, Irish physicist and engineer, c1870s (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier, c1849 (1955). It was through Fields (1819-1892) suggestion and financial aid that the first Atlantic cable was laid

Picking up the Atlantic cable, 1866 (c1880). An attempt in 1865 by Brunels giant steamship, the Great Eastern to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable ended in failure when the cable snapped

The Great Eastern recovering the lost Atlantic cable, 1866, (c1920). An attempt in 1865 by Brunels giant steamship, the Great Eastern to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped

The Great Eastern playing out the Atlantic telegraph cable, c1865, (c1880). A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865. On the deck of the SS Great Eastern searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic on 31 July 1865

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 (1866). Preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS Great Eastern, 2 August 1865

The Atlantic Telegraph, c1878. Idealised view of the telegraph cable passing under the ocean from Valentia, Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

For Better or Worse, 1866. Father Neptune blessing Britannia and Uncle Sam on the successful laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, c1865. The plate is one of 26 illustrations by Robert Dudley in The Atlantic Telegraph, a book by WH Russell, 1866

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin in 1869 (c1890). Kelvin (1824-1907) Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy
Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Lord Kelvin, Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, c1900. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Under the Dark Blue Waters, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Under the Dark Blue Waters, 1872. Father Neptune wishes to relax with his drink and a pipe. In front of him is the trans-Atlantic cable, the first of its kind

A Word to the Mermaids, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
A Word to the Mermaids, 1865. Neptune exclaims Aho-o-o-o-oy, There! Get Off O That Ere Cable, Can t Yer - Thats the Way T Other one was Wrecked!!

The Atlantic Telegraph - A bad look out for Despotism, 1858. John Bull calling to Jonathan Hold fast, Jonathan. Jonathan replying All right, Johnny

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