Photographs of Atlantic telegraph cable machinery aboard SS 'Great Eastern', 1867

Made:
1867 in England
maker:
James Thomson
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[Volume] S.S. Great Eastern. [11] Photographs of Atlantic telegraph cable machinery / J. Thomson, photographer.[1867? A printed title page gives 'A short description of the photographs of the Atlantic telegraph cable machinery, taken on board the steam-ship "Great Eastern"'. Thomson was at 21 High Park Street, Liverpool. Each sepia photo is c.21 x 25cm.]

The laying of the first successful Atlantic telegraph cable in 1866 was one of the nineteenth century’s more spectacular achievements. This contemporary album contains 11 photographs of the paying-out machinery installed on the steamship ‘Great Eastern’. It complements numerous other items relating to John Scott Russell and Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the Science Museum’s collections, including a commemorative album of documents relating to the Atlantic cable, and contemporary lithographs and models of the ‘Great Eastern’ and its paddle engines.

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Category:
Archive
Object Number:
2004-263
Materials:
cardboard and photographic paper
Measurements:
overall: 310 mm x 380 mm
type:
photograph album
credit:
Museum Property