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![Laying The First Dover-calais Telegraph Cable. Photograph by Science Photo Library - Fine Art America Laying The First Dover-calais Telegraph Cable. Photograph by Science Photo Library - Fine Art America](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/laying-the-first-dover-calais-telegraph-cable-science-photo-library.jpg)
Laying The First Dover-calais Telegraph Cable. Photograph by Science Photo Library - Fine Art America
![EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum a X: "On July 27th 1866, the Old World was joined with the New as the #transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in place. Stretching from Valentia Island, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum a X: "On July 27th 1866, the Old World was joined with the New as the #transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in place. Stretching from Valentia Island,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7Sqb3wWQCAUS4R.jpg)
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum a X: "On July 27th 1866, the Old World was joined with the New as the #transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in place. Stretching from Valentia Island,
![Print depicting the transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph. The transatlantic telegraph cable was an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. Transatlantic telegraph cables Print depicting the transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph. The transatlantic telegraph cable was an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. Transatlantic telegraph cables](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MR4TMB/print-depicting-the-transportation-of-the-cables-used-in-the-atlantic-telegraph-the-transatlantic-telegraph-cable-was-an-undersea-cable-running-under-the-atlantic-ocean-used-for-telegraph-communications-transatlantic-telegraph-cables-have-since-been-replaced-by-transatlantic-telecommunications-cables-dated-19th-century-MR4TMB.jpg)