History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - 1870 British

	History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
1870 British - Indian Cable (Bombay - Aden - Suez)

Landing the shore end of Bombay cable at Aden

Detail of the cables used

Images from the book by J.C. Parkinson:
The Ocean Telegraph to India: A Narrative and a Diary
Edinburgh & London, 1870, William Blackwood, 328pp.

Last revised: 1 May, 2007

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