Atlantic Telegraph Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bright, Sir Arthur
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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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
Publications:
- Atlantic Telegraph by Russell, W H
- Circuits in the Sea. The men, the ships and the Atlantic cable by Hearn, Chester G
- The Atlantic Telegraph. A history of preliminary experimental proceedings and a descriptive account of the present state and prospects of the undertaking by Unknown
- Transatlantic Submarine Telegraph. A brief narrative of the principal incidents in the history of the Atlantic Telegraph Co by Saward, George
- Transatlantic telegraph cable. Eighth wonder of the world by Cookson, Gillian
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bright, Sir Arthur
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- 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 1866Publications:
- Atlantic Telegraph by Russell, W H
- Circuits in the Sea. The men, the ships and the Atlantic cable by Hearn, Chester G
- The Atlantic Telegraph. A history of preliminary experimental proceedings and a descriptive account of the present state and prospects of the undertaking by Unknown
- Transatlantic Submarine Telegraph. A brief narrative of the principal incidents in the history of the Atlantic Telegraph Co by Saward, George
- Transatlantic telegraph cable. Eighth wonder of the world by Cookson, Gillian