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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
250
On
Saturday
this
preliminary
work
was
completed,
the
heavy
shore
end
was
carried
from
the
deck
of
the
Caroline
across
a
bridge
of
boats
to
the
beach,
and
hauled
up
the
cliffs
amid
the
shouts
of
the
people.
When
once
it
was
made
fast
to
the
rocks,
the
little
steamer
began
to
move,
and
the
huge
coil
slowly
unwound,
and
like
a
giant
awakened,
stretched
out
its
long
iron
arms.
By
half-past
ten
o'clock
at
night
the
hold
was
empty,
the
whole
twenty-seven
miles
having
been
safely
laid,
and
the
end
buoyed
in
seventy-five
fathoms
water.
A
despatch
was
at
once
sent
across
the
country
to
Bantry
Bay
to
the
Great
Eastern
to
come
around
with
all
speed,
and
early
the
next
morning
her
smoke
was
seen
in
the
offing.
Passing
the
harbor
of
Valentia,
she
proceeded
to
join
the
Caroline,
which
she
reached
about
noon,
and
at
once
commenced
splicing
the
massive
shore
end
to
her
own
deep-sea
line.
This
was
a
work
of
several
hours,
so
that
it
was
toward
evening
before
all
was
completed.
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