Sujet

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the first buoy...where the cable was grappled, Aug. 3, 1865. Creator: Unknown.

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The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the first buoy, marking the supposed place where the cable was grappled, Aug. 3, 1865. 'Our Special Artist has furnished sketches of the two buoys, one launched on the 4th, and the other on the 8th of August... These two buoys are about ten miles apart...[The first buoy] (that most deeply sunk in the water) is moored with nearly two miles and one third of the electric telegraph cable attached to the "mushroom anchor," and marks, as nearly as could be calculated, the spot where the Atlantic cable broke and sank on the 2nd of August. This buoy was lowered in lat. 51 deg. 28 min., long. 38 deg. 42 min...on the 4th of August; and it bears at the top, in white letters, the word "Telegraph. No. 5."...The flag of the first buoy is scarlet, and the ball is under the flag'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A26_308

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Droits gérés

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14,7Mo (1000,7Ko) / 16,3cm x 22,6cm / 1920 x 2672 (300dpi)

Mots clés

sea technology communication communications cable arts flag flags industry art British geography color floating industrial telecommunications century banner Britain newspapers press print company concept telegraph telecommunication marker B&W standard engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century buoy The Print Collector Atlantic Telegraph Company geographical feature Illustrated London News telegraph cable telegraphy ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century