Sujet
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
Légende
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich. The cable, connecting Valentia island, off the Irish coast, and Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, was successfully laid in the summer of 1866 by Brunel's steamship, the 'Great Eastern'. From The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, published 1866.
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
2001
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D58_154
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,3Mo (2,9Mo) / 43,4cm x 29,0cm / 5126 x 3431 (300dpi)