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- "Capture of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865" -
- January 01, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
"Capture of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865"
- Harper's Weekly, Bound Volume of Issues from 1865 - This periodical illustrates the loading and coiling of the second transatlantic cable onto the <em>Great Eastern</em> ship. Over several months, 2600 miles of cable were produced onshore and ferried out in sections to the <em>Great Eastern</em>. It was then carefully coiled in the holding tank. Once installed in 1866, this cable became the foundation for a global communications network.
- January 1865-December 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Harper's Weekly, Bound Volume of Issues from 1865
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.