Report by Samuel Canning on the unsuccessful cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN
Report written by Samuel Canning to the Directors of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, giving an account of the failed cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN in 1865. Also enclosed are several pages from a journal relating to the cable laying.
Record Details
| Item reference: | CLF/6/3 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 folder |
| Date made: | 1865-08-22 |
| Creator: | Canning, Samuel |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- ‘The Atlantic Telegraph a Descriptive History’ (Manuscript) (CLF/6/1)
- Atlantic Telegraph newsletter (Manuscript) (CLF/6/2)
- Report by Samuel Canning on the unsuccessful cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN (Manuscript) (CLF/6/3)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' by W.H. Russell. (Manuscript) (CLF/6/4)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/5)
- Transcript of news received through the 1865 Atlantic cable between 2-8 September 1866 (Manuscript) (CLF/6/6)
- Booklet titled 'Great Atlantic Haul' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/7)
- Script of a comedy ‘Steamship Great Eastern July 1866...' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/8)
- Script for 'The Great Eastern' ' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/9)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/10)
- ‘'The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/11)
- Book of sketches and diagrams (Manuscript) (CLF/6/12)
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