Harper's Weekly, Bound Volume of Issues from 1865
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This periodical illustrates the loading and coiling of the second transatlantic cable onto the Great Eastern ship. Over several months, 2600 miles of cable were produced onshore and ferried out in sections to the Great Eastern. It was then carefully coiled in the holding tank. Once installed in 1866, this cable became the foundation for a global communications network.
This periodical illustrates the loading and coiling of the second transatlantic cable onto the Great Eastern ship. Over several months, 2600 miles of cable were produced onshore and ferried out in sections to the Great Eastern. It was then carefully coiled in the holding tank. Once installed in 1866, this cable became the foundation for a global communications network.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
January 1865-December 1865
Subject Date
January 1865-December 1865
Keywords
United States, North Carolina, Fort Fisher (Fort)
United States, North Carolina, Wilmington
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2016.0.28.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Bookbinding (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 15.875 in
Width: 10.875 in
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