The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable mb-code 1632441 showing St Botolph without Bishopsgate

showing St Botolph without Bishopsgate

'The Armistice'

The plate is inscribed: 'The Hand of a Boy with a distempered SKIN and the Common Servis û Sorbus torminalis se Gerald's Herbal by Johnson Page 1471

St Thomas's Hospital

000 casualties

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable mb-code 1632441 showing St Botolph without BishopsgateThe laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 1866. Cable passing out of one of the tanks on board the 'Great Eastern'. An attempt in 1865 by Brunel's giant steamship, the 'Great Eastern' to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped and the end was lost. The following year the 'Great Eastern' succeeded in retrieving the lost cable and completing it, connecting Valentia in Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Instead of the length