from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network |
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| 13 October | Added article by Stewart Ash to the Wildman Whitehouse section: Electrical Failure of the 1858 Atlantic Telegraph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 October | Added page on 1876 Society of Telegraph Engineers Conversazione | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 September | Added images of original cable slip and telegram form for a message from Heart's Content to Newfoundland on 20 August 1858. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 August | Added watercolour painting by Roberto Hernández showing CS Mirror (1), CS Chiltern and CS Great Northern to the page for each ship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 August | Added page on the 1893 Repair of the 1870 Cienfuegos - Batabano, Cuba, cable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 June | Added page on the 1893 Anglo-Irish telephone cable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 June | Added watercolour painting of CS Mirror (1) by Roberto Hernández to the ship's page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 June | Added 1866 article by Fleeming Jenkin: Submarine Telegraphy - technical details of the design, manufacture, laying, and testing of the Atlantic cables of 1858, 1865, and 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 June | Added 1880 article by F.C. Webb: On the Direction of Lay of Cable Armouring Wires | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 May | Added page on Robert Dudley, official artist for the 1865 and 1866 Atlantic cable expeditions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 May | Added paper by Alasdair Wilkie: “Route Clearance for Hibernia Express” - preparatory work for a new Atlantic cable laid in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 May | Added link to page on William Elmgreen, who between 1927 and 1940 was an engineer on the Great Northern's cable ships in Shanghai, CS Pacific and CS Store Nordiske | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 March | Added 1957 article on TAT-1: “Manufacture of Submarine Cable at Ocean Works, Erith” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 February | Added pages by Bill Glover on CS Urmston Grange, CS Vanessa, CS Viking (1), CS William Cory, CS William Hutt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 February | Added new cable story: Letters to John Clement Cuff: Electrical Engineer, Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Singapore (1885-1890) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 February | Added page on the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's Singapore Office, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 January | Added new cable story: David Howard - The Gentleman's Game (1965) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 January | Added new cable story: David Howard - The Rescue of SS Lakemba (1967) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 January | Added page on TAT-6, 1976 Atlantic cable from USA to France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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