From 2005-2012, Maritime Compass was a review of current happenings in Maritime Studies, including information on Library and Museum events, Scholarly conferences or meetings, book reviews, news items, and just plain old interesting maritime facts.
Friday, July 28, 2006
140 Years Ago Today...
...the crew of the steamship GREAT EASTERN spliced the final link in the first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable. The 2,500 mile long cable ran from Newfoundland to Ireland.
wow!!
ReplyDeleteDwayne
I think you mean 2,500-mile long cable, not 2,500 feet. That's less than a half-mile! :)
ReplyDeleteJoe