The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . r to New York. The WesternUnion Telegraph Company wasorganized in 1856. In 1854 Cyrus W. Field of NewYork City began to direct thework of laying a tele-graph cable under theAtlantic Ocean fromNewfoundland to Ireland. The cable was laid in 1857; one ortwo messages were sent, and then the line ceased to work. Another cable was laid in thefollowing year, but it failed totransmit messages after about amonth of use. In 1866 cablelaying was made successfiil, andat the close of the century twocompanies were operating abouttwenty ca
The making of the American nation; a history for elementary schools . r to New York. The WesternUnion Telegraph Company wasorganized in 1856. In 1854 Cyrus W. Field of NewYork City began to direct thework of laying a tele-graph cable under theAtlantic Ocean fromNewfoundland to Ireland. The cable was laid in 1857; one ortwo messages were sent, and then the line ceased to work. Another cable was laid in thefollowing year, but it failed totransmit messages after about amonth of use. In 1866 cablelaying was made successfiil, andat the close of the century twocompanies were operating abouttwenty cable wires between theUnited States and Europe. Ocean Steamship Navigation. —We have seen that the first steam-ship to cross the ocean, the Savcm-nah in 1819, did not prove asuccessful undertaking. Eighteen/fy—^ U£iD . years afterward (1837) the Siriusand the Gieat Western, Englishsteamships using coal for fuel,made successful trips betweenLiverpool and New York. The Cunard Line was put into opera-tion in 1839. At first it was assisted by money from the English.
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