The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866, 1866, Watercolor with touches of gouache, Sheet: 8 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (20.6 x 32.5 cm), Drawings, Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826–1909), One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer
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Albany Buoying, Bight, Cable, 1865, Night, August 26th, 1866, Watercolor, touches, gouache, Sheet, 8 1/8 x 12 13/16, 20.6 32.5 cm, Drawings, Robert Charles Dudley, British, 1826–1909, 19th century, great technological achievements, lay, telegraphic cable, beneath, Atlantic, allowing messages, speed back, forth, North America, Europe, minutes, ten, twelve days, steamer
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