Atlantic Telegraph Company
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a company formed on 6 November 1856 to undertake and exploit a commercial telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean, the first such telecommunications link.
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Great Eastern iron sailing steam ship, used to lay the transatlantic telegraph cable. | |
| Industry | Telegraphy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1856 |
| Founders | Cyrus Field, John Watkins Brett, Charles Tilston Bright |
| Fate | 1870 merged with New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company and French Atlantic Cable Company |
| Subsidiaries | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company |
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