The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

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http://www.heritage.nl.ca/videos/docu... • On July 27, 1866, the largest steamship on Earth arrived at Heart’s Content to lay down the final section of an underwater telegraph cable that stretched all the way back to Ireland. News that once took more than a week to travel between North America and Europe could now arrive in minutes – and it was through the tiny fishing village of Heart’s Content that some of the world’s greatest cities now communicated. This video tells the story of the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable.

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