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Large amounts of information could be sent to remote areas.
Newspapers could report on events in other states.
People could speak to each other over great distances.
People could communicate instantly over great distances.
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∙ 11y agotransatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. The first was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe from ten days - the time it took to deliver a message by ship - to a matter of minutes. Transatlantic telegraph cables have been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables. Fudging pinecone
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It was the consolidation of many local phone systems into one large corporation.
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What was the significance of the transatlantic?
transatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. The first was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe from ten days - the time it took to deliver a message by ship - to a matter of minutes. Transatlantic telegraph cables have been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables. Fudging pinecone
What was the relationship between gutta percha and the first transatlantic telegraph cable?
Gutta Percha is a flexible rubber-like material. It was used as an outside coating for the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
What telegraph cable from Europe to the US was cut by Britain in WWl?
Transatlantic
In 1858 us president James Buchanan and queen Victoria were among the first to exchangea transatlantic greeting using what means ofcommunication?
The Transatlantic Telegraph
What England and North America were joined by telegraph wires known as the?
Transatlantic cable[: Audralynne :]
Who invented the underwater cable?
The idea of a transatlantic telegraph cable was introduced my Samuel Morse himself in 1840. Fourteen years later in 1858, The Atlantic Telegraph Company behind the guidance of Cyrus West Field completed the first transatlantic telegraph cabe. It connected Newfoundland to Ireland.
What was laid across the Atlantic ocean floor that connected America to Europe?
The transatlantic telegraph cable.
Why did the British cut the transatlantic telegraph cable from Europe to America?
So they could control American news.
What sped up communications and the pace of business even more than the telegraph had?
the telephone or transatlantic cable
Who invented trans-Atlantic cable?
The first transatlantic telegraph cable was invented and constructed because of Cyrus West Field and the Atlantic Telegraph Company. It took four years to complete, 1854 to 1858.
Which telecommunications breakthroughs resulted from Samuel Morse's invention of the commercial electric telegraph?
advent of rapid transatlantic communication invention of the telephone invention of radio technology
What has the author Henry Martyn Field written?
Henry Martyn Field has written: 'The Irish confederates, and the Rebellion of 1798' -- subject(s): History 'The story of the Atlantic telegraph' -- subject(s): Cables, Submarine, Submarine Cables, Transatlantic cables 'History of the Atlantic Telegraph' -- subject(s): Cables, Submarine, Submarine Cables, Transatlantic cables 'The Barbary coast' -- subject(s): Description and travel
