First Telegraph House at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, 1866, Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

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First Telegraph House at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, 1866, 1866, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 9 5/16 x 13 9/16 in. ( x 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: 5237px × 3536px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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