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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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In
1859
William
Siemens
became
a
naturalised
Englishman,
and
from
this
time
forward
took
an
active
part
in
the
progress
of
English
engineering
and
telegraphy.
He
devoted
a
great
part
of
his
time
to
electrical
invention
and
research;
and
the
number
of
telegraph
apparatus
of
all
sorts--telegraph
cables,
land
lines,
and
their
accessories--which
have
emanated
from
the
Siemens
Telegraph
Works
has
been
remarkable.
The
engineers
of
this
firm
have
been
pioneers
of
the
electric
telegraph
in
every
quarter
of
the
globe,
both
by
land
and
sea.
The
most
important
aerial
line
erected
by
the
firm
was
the
Indo-European
telegraph
line,
through
Prussia,
Russia,
and
Persia,
to
India.
The
North
China
cable,
the
Platino-Brazileira,
and
the
Direct
United
States
cable,
were
laid
by
the
firm,
the
latter
in
1874-5
So
also
was
the
French
Atlantic
cable,
and
the
two
Jay
Could
Atlantic
cables.
At
the
time
of
his
death
the
manufacture
and
laying
of
the
Bennett-Mackay
Atlantic
cables
was
in
progress
at
the
company's
works,
Charlton.
Some
idea
of
the
extent
of
this
manufactory
may
be
gathered
from
the
fact
that
it
gives
employment
to
some
2,000
men.
All
branches
of
electrical
work
are
followed
out
in
its
various
departments,
including
the
construction
of
dynamos
and
electric
lamps.
On
July
23,
1859,
Siemens
was
married
at
St.
James's,
Paddington,
to
Anne,
the
youngest
daughter
of
Mr.
Joseph
Gordon,
Writer
to
the
Signet,
Edinburgh,
and
brother
to
Mr.
Lewis
Gordon,
Professor
of
Engineering
in
the
University
of
Glasgow,
He
used
to
say
that
on
March
19
of
that
year
he
took
oath
and
allegiance
to
two
ladies
in
one
day--to
the
Queen
and
his
betrothed.
The
marriage
was
a
thoroughly
happy
one.
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