Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, Robert Charles Dudley, 1865–66

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Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 7/8 × 10 7/16 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: 5279px × 3442px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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