A transatlantic telegraph cable is an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. The first was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858, reducing the communication time between North America and Europe from ten days – the time it took to deliver a message by ship – to a matter of minutes. Transatlantic telegraph cables have been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables.
Read more about Transatlantic Telegraph Cable: Early History, Origins of The Idea, St. John's To Nova Scotia, Transatlantic, First Contact, Failure of The First Cable, Repairing The Cable, The Great Eastern, Communication Speeds, In Fiction
Famous quotes containing the word cable:
“To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars.”
—Douglass Cross (b. 1920)