transatlantic telegraph cable

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    The First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Messages

    One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...
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    • 1860s atlantic telegraph company great britain late 1850s late 19th century submarine telegraph cables telecommunications transatlantic telegraph cable united states
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