Underwater telegraph cable construction. 1868 illustration of workers laying an underwater telegraphic cable from Dover, UK, to Calais, France, in 185

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Underwater telegraph cable construction. 1868 illustration of workers laying an underwater telegraphic cable from Dover, UK, to Calais, France, in 1851.

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