Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, c1865

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Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, c1865

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. This shows the reels of gutta percha-covered conducting wire being prepared to be taken for loading on to the Great Eastern, the steamship designed by Brunel. This was for the second attempt to lay a permanent transatlantic communications cable. The third attempt, the following year, was successful and reduced communication times from the length of a sea voyage to a few seconds

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Brunel Cable Dudley Effort Great Eastern Greenwich Isambard Kingdom Isambard Kingdom Brunel Oxford Science Archive Pulley Reel Robert Dudley Russell Sir William Howard Sir William Howard Russell Transatlantic Communications Cable Wh Russell William Howard William Howard Russell

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