The ship Agamemnon at anchor off Greenwich before setting off to lay the telegraph cable across the Atlantic from Ireland to Canada. Wood engraving by F.J. Smyth, 1857, after E. Weedon.

  • Weedon, Edwin, 1819-1873.
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[1857]
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37526i
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The cable is being hauled aboard ship across pulleys placed on masts on a number of boats on the river between HMS Agamemnon and the factory on land of Glasse and Elliot, the manufacturers of half of the cable

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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1857]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 34.5 x 51.5 cm

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H.M.S. "Agamemnon", 91 guns shipping the English portion of the Atlantic submarine cable at East Greenwich. Weedon. Smyth sc.

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Wellcome Collection 37526i

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