Title:
Laying transatlantic cable was a problematic project
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
laying the transatlantic cable
intercontinental communication
book, "A Thread across the Ocean"
intercontinental communication
book, "A Thread across the Ocean"
Object ID:
Kim09-014
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
01/02/2003
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Prior to Morse's telegraph and the transatlantic cable intercontinental communication could be eight weeks late. Laying the cable is one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century. President James Buchanan received the first message, greetings from England's Queen Victoria, in August, 1858. Unfortunately the cable broke shortly afterwards and it took eight more years to reestablish communications from Europe to North America beneath the Atlantic. In 1866 the Great Eastern ship was able to lay a new cable. A recently published book, "A Thread across the Ocean, " (Walker & Co., 2002) by John Steel Gordon tells the story of the transatlantic cable.
People:
George II, King
Morse, Samuel
Brett, John
Brett, Jacob
Field, Cyrus W.
Gisborne, Frederick
Clarke, Arthur (Sir)
Cooper, Peter
Ward, Nicholas
Buchanan, James (Pres.)
Queen Victoria
Gordon, John Steel
Morse, Samuel
Brett, John
Brett, Jacob
Field, Cyrus W.
Gisborne, Frederick
Clarke, Arthur (Sir)
Cooper, Peter
Ward, Nicholas
Buchanan, James (Pres.)
Queen Victoria
Gordon, John Steel
Search Terms:
transatlantic cable
intercontinental communication
Great Eastern ship
A Thread across the Ocean (book)
intercontinental communication
Great Eastern ship
A Thread across the Ocean (book)