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Wealthy New York manufacturer who laid the first temporary translantic cable of 1858?
Cyrus Field
What was the name of the cableship that laid the first telegraph cable between san francisco and Honolulu?
dont trip
When was the first underwater cable was lad beneath the English channel?
It was a telegraph cable laid in August 1850 by the Anglo-French Telegraph Company, owned by John Watkins Brett. Running from Dover to Calais, it was made of copper coated in gutta-percha.
Who was cyrus field?
Cyrus West Field (1819 – 1892) was an American businessman and one of the founders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.
What was laid across the Atlantic ocean floor that connected America to Europe?
The transatlantic telegraph cable.
What is a name for A telegraph line laid on the bottom of the ocean?
If my memory serves me right it was called the International Cable.
What did Cyrus Field do?
Cyrus Field led the establishment of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. The first transatlantic message was received in 1858, but the cable stopped working after about 3 weeks. This cable was replaced by a new cable that was successfully laid in 1866 after five earlier attempts dating back to 1857.
First telegraph line in India was laid between?
Calcutta to Agra
Who laid an underwater cable that transmitted telegraph messages from north America to Europe?
I think it is Cyrus field!!
The first telegraph line in India was laid between?
kolkata and agra in 1854
How did cable beach get its name?
In 1889, a telegraph undersea cable was laid from Broome to Singapore, connecting to England. Hence the name Cable Beach given to the landfall site. For more (Info) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broome,_Western_Australia
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 Transatlantic telegraph cables have been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables.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
