The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, Robert Charles Dudley

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The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. ( × cm), Drawings, 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

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Size: 6059px × 3901px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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