The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable Product:Greetings card Outside his workshop at Brooklands

Outside his workshop at Brooklands following Bluebird's rebuild

A scene in front of Crockford's club in St James's Street

Countess of Lancaster

The cabby's long whip rests in the crook of his arm

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable Product:Greetings card Outside his workshop at BrooklandsThe laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 1866. Cable passing out of one of the tanks on board the 'Great Eastern'. An attempt in 1865 by Brunel's giant steamship, the 'Great Eastern' to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped and the end was lost. The following year the 'Great Eastern' succeeded in retrieving the lost cable and completing it, connecting Valentia in Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Instead of the length