According to Tradition if It RainsAt Greenwich the Cable is Carefully Coiled in Tanks Before Loading Aboard the Great EasternAtlantic Cable LoadedCable Passing out of One of the Tanks on Board the Great Eastern, from "The Atlantic Telegraph"Coiling the Telegraph Cable in the Tanks at the Works in Greenwich, from "The Atlantic Telegraph"Cover of "The Atlantic Telegraph" by William Howard Russell, Published 1866Edward Prince of Wales Visits the Great EasternFoilhummerum Bay Valentia Western Ireland the European Terminal of the CableFrom Sheerness to Valentia, a Group of Figures on Board the "Great Eastern"Getting out a BuoyGrappling Broken CableHms Agamemnon Laying the Original Atlantic Cable, from "The Atlantic Telegraph"In the Forge Housed on the Deck of the "Great Eastern" Iron Plating is Prepared for the CapstanIn the Harbour at Sheerness the Cable is Transferred from the Hulk to the Great EasternLaunching the Buoy, August 8th, 1865, Marking the Spot Where the Cable Had Been GrappledLaying the Earth Cable at Valentia Ireland at the European Terminal of the CableLaying the Shore End of the Cable at Port Magee IrelandNight and Day AllegorisedPreparing the Cable, from The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, Published 1866Preparing to Launch One of the Large Buoys, 1865, The Atlantic Telegraph, Russell, Published 1866Splicing the Broken Cable Aboard the "Great Eastern" after the First BreakSplicing the Cable after the First Accident on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865The Broken Cable is Lost and All Attempts to Grapple and Retrieve It FailThe Cable Passes out from the Hold of the "Great Eastern" onto the DeckThe Cable is Passed from the Works to a Hulk at GreenwichThe First Unsuccessful Cable is Laid by Hms "Agamemnon": an Inquisitive Whale Crosses the LineThe Forge on Deck of the Great Eastern, Night of August 9th, 1865, from "The Atlantic Telegraph"The "Great Eastern" Weighs Anchor off Maplin Sands at the Nore in the Thames EastuaryThe Great Eastern under Way, July 23rd, 1865, from "The Atlantic Telegraph"The Locals Watch with Interest as the Shore End of the Cable is LandedThe Old Frigate Hms Agamemnon with Her Weight of Cable Alongside the Ss Great EasternThe Paying-Out Machinery on the Deck of the Great EasternThe Queen of the May is Presented with a Bouquet of Flowers by a Chimney SweepThe Start of Laying the Telegraph Cable Across the AtlanticValentia Western Ireland at the Time of the Laying of the First CableVisit of the Prince of Wales to the Ss Great Eastern at Sheerness, May 24th, 1865When a Fault Occurs in the Cable It is Recovered from the Sea-Bed and ExaminedWhen the Cable Breaks in Mid- Ocean a Buoy is Launched from the "Great Eastern" to Mark the Spot
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