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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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While
the
Great
Eastern
remained
at
Berehaven,
to
take
in
her
final
stores
of
coal,
the
William
Corry
proceeded
around
the
coast
to
Valentia
to
lay
the
shore
end.
She
arrived
off
the
harbor
on
the
morning
of
Saturday,
the
seventh
of
July,
and
immediately
began
to
prepare
for
her
heavy
task.
This
shore
end
was
of
tremendous
size,
weighing
twenty
tons
to
the
mile.
It
was
by
far
the
strongest
wire
cable
ever
made,
and
in
short
lengths
was
stiff
as
an
iron
bar.
As
the
year
before,
the
cable
was
to
be
brought
off
on
a
bridge
of
boats
reaching
from
the
ship
to
the
foot
of
the
cliff.
All
the
fishermen's
boats
were
gathered
from
along
the
shore,
while
H.
M.
S.
Raccoon,
which
was
guarding
that
part
of
the
coast,
sent
up
her
boats
to
help,
so
that,
as
they
all
mustered
in
line,
there
were
forty
of
them,
making
a
long
pontoon-bridge;
and
Irish
boatmen
with
eager
looks
and
strong
hands
were
standing
along
the
line,
to
grasp
the
ponderous
chain.
All
went
well,
and
by
one
o'clock
the
cable
was
landed,
and
its
end
brought
up
the
cliff
to
the
station.
The
signals
were
found
to
be
perfect,
and
the
William
Corry
then
slowly
drew
off
to
sea,
unlimbering
her
stiff
shore
end,
till
she
had
cast
over
the
whole
thirty
miles.
At
three
o'clock
next
morning
she
telegraphed
through
the
cable
that
her
work
was
done,
and
she
had
buoyed
the
end
in
water
a
hundred
fathoms
deep.
Describing
the
scene,
the
correspondent
of
the
London
News
says:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
