Photographs of Atlantic telegraph cable machinery aboard SS 'Great Eastern', 1867
- 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:
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overall: 310 mm x 380 mm
- type:
- photograph album
- credit:
- Museum Property
