Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of the Prince of Wales on May 23rd

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Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of the Prince of Wales on May 23rd, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 in. × 10 in. (17 × 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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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