Searching for the Fault after Hauling Back the Cable from the Bottom of the Atlantic, July 31st, 1865, 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.

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Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fault Search, 1866

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