Atlantic Telegraph Co Ltd

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  • Telecommunication & postal services Telecommunication services

Notes:

Established 1856 to lay and operate the first submarine telegraph cable across the Atlantic. (Sir) Charles Bright was senior engineer. This first attempt was unsuccessful. Contracted, inter alia, with Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd to undertake the manufacture and laying of a second cable which was again unsuccessful, in 1865. Thereafter Anglo American Telegraph Co Ltd formed to carry project forward, successfully laying the first transatlantic cable in 1866

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