Place Unit Type
Location or Site
Containing Unit
County Kerry, Ireland
Date Type
In the Atlantic, the latest effort to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable fails when the cable breaks and is lost Science/Technology
Off Ireland, the Great Eastern begins her cable laying operation towards Canada. Science/Technology
The Great Eastern begins to lay cable connected to the recovered 1865 broken cable and heads for Newfoundland. Science/Technology
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, arrives in Newfoundland and the cable is connected. Science/Technology
The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passes where the cable broke and was lost in 1865. Science/Technology
The new Atlantic Cable transmits and receives its first messages between North America and Europe. Science/Technology
Telegraph
Name Type
Knightstown, Ireland City or Town
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