Coiling the Atlantic telegraph cable in one of the tanks on the Great Eastern during the 1865 Atlantic Telegraph Expedition. The iron sail-powered, paddle wheel and screw-propelled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was the largest ship ever built in 1858.

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Location: Atlantic Ocean
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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