Laying underwater cable
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- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1865
- Photographer
- Bianchetti, Stefano
- Copyright Owner
- © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis
- Object ID
- 500004808
Laying cable without breaking it was difficult. Although it took several tries, by 1866 the transatlantic cable let Europe and the Americas exchange information at the speed of light.
