History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network
1881 and 1882 Atlantic Cables
Canso, Nova Scotia - Whitesand Bay, Sennen Cove, England
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |
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1881 and 1882 Atlantic Cables |
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Manufactured by Siemens Brothers for the American Telegraph & Cable Co. and leased to Western Union, the 1881 cable was laid by CS Faraday (1) on her maiden voyage. System length was 2531 nm. This cable was extended in 1889 from Nova Scotia to Coney Island, New York, also by CS Faraday (1). A second cable was laid over this route by the same vessel in 1882. These cables were diverted into Bay Roberts, Newfoundland in 1913 and 1915 respectively, also by CS Faraday (1). A connecting cable was laid between North Sydney, Cape Breton and Colinet, Newfoundland in 1915 and a further cable was laid in 1921 between Island Cove, Newfoundland and North Sydney, this being extended to Canso in 1922.
The 1881 cable section shown here was recovered in 1942. The donor of the cable included these notes:
An examination of the cable shows the conductor to be of the typical Siemens construction of the period, in this case having a larger central copper wire surrounded by ten smaller wires This arrangement packed more copper into the same volume, thus improving the signalling speed. |
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Last revised: 22 December, 2019 |
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