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Telegraph company
The New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company was a company in a series of conglomerations of several companies that eventually laid the first Trans-Atlantic cable. In 1854 British engineer Charles Bright met an American, Cyrus Field, who had been shared a dream by Frederic Gisborne, of completing a submarine cable connection between North America and Europe.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company was a company in a series of conglomerations of several companies that eventually laid the first Trans-Atlantic cable. In 1854 British engineer Charles Bright met an American, Cyrus Field, who had been shared a dream by Frederic Gisborne, of completing a submarine cable connection between North America and Europe.2
Timeline
- 1852Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaNew York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company
- WikidataQ16978999
Sources
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- 1WikidataNew York on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNew York on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsNew York logo by Palaeozoic99, Public domain