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The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
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Transatlantic telegraph cable
Former undersea telegraph cable
Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications. Telegraphy is a largely obsolete form of communication, and the cables have long since been decommissioned, but telephone and data are still carried on other…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Valentia Island
Irish island off the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry
Valentia Island is one of Ireland's most westerly points. It lies in Dingle Bay off the Iveragh Peninsula in the southwest of County Kerry. It is linked to the mainland by the Maurice O'Neill Memorial Bridge at Portmagee. A car ferry also departs from Reenard Point to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador
Town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Heart's Content is an incorporated town in Trinity Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Newfoundland (island)
Island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Newfoundland is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated off the eastern coast of the North American mainland and the geographical region of Labrador.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)