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Author Gordon, John Steele.

Title A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable / John Steele Gordon.

Publication Info. New York : Walker & Co., 2002.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  384.15 GORDON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  384.15 G65    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  384.1 GOR    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  384.15 GO    Check Shelf
Description xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-227) and index.
Contents An enterprise worthy of this day of great things -- Cyrus Field -- Newfoundland -- "How many months? : let's say how many years" -- Raising more capital -- The first cable -- "And lay the Atlantic cable in a heap" -- Lightning through deep waters -- "Here's the ship to lay your cable, Mr. Field" -- A new cable, a new attempt -- "The great Eastern looms all glorious in the morning sky".
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.7 12.0 104835.
Subject Cables, Submarine -- Atlantic Ocean -- History.
Telegraph -- United States -- History.
Telegraph -- Great Britain -- History.
ISBN 0802713645
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