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Transatlantic Cable

Transatlantic Cable. Heidi Peterson & Trevor Benjamin Jorgenson. When. The idea was thought in 1845. The manufacture of the idea happened in 1857. Cyrus West Field Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 30th, 1819. Mr. F. N. Gisborne Founder and Chief Promoter of the Company.

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Transatlantic Cable

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  1. Transatlantic Cable Heidi Peterson & Trevor Benjamin Jorgenson

  2. When • The idea was thought in 1845. • The manufacture of the idea happened in 1857.

  3. Cyrus West Field Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 30th, 1819. Mr. F. N. Gisborne Founder and Chief Promoter of the Company Electric Telegraphic Company Company which became bankrupt in the process of constructing a telegraphic line. Inventors

  4. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/8/5?catId=6 http://all-biographies.com/business/cyrus_west_field.htm http://www.avich-kilchrenan.co.uk/photos/cable-2.jpg http://www.history-magazine.com/cable.html http://www.clarenville.net/transatlantic5a.jpg http://scienceservice.si.edu/images/005_029.jpg http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Field/Portraits/Cyrus-Field.jpg Bibliography

  5. WHY?!?! • The Transatlantic Cable line was

  6. When it was all said and done, a total of 107,000 miles of cable was laid. • It took 20 years

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