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The Great Eastern Leaving Sheerness with the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on Board June 1866 (Print)
The Great Eastern, leaving Sheerness with the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on Board June 1866 (Print)
A buoy caught in the paddle of the steamship Great Eastern (Painting)
The steamship Great Eastern laying the first successful Atlantic cable (Painting)
Great Eastern? (Print)
The Leviathan (Great Eastern) Steam Ship, Inside and Out (portside view and cross section) (Print)
The forge on deck (of the Great Eastern) - night of August 9th preparing the iron plating for capstan (Print)
Launching buoy on August 8th in lat 51o 25'30'' long 38o 56' (marking spot where cable had been grappled) (Print)
Coiling the cable in after tank on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness - visit of HRH the Prince of Wales May 24th (Print)
The old frigate with her freight of cable alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness (Print)
Getting out one of the large buoys for launching August 2nd. (Great Eastern) (Print)
The Great Eastern in charge of four steam-tugs, endeavouring to make Cork harbour (Print)
Great Eastern being built (Print)
Forward deck cleared for the final attempt at grappling - August 11th (Great Eastern, cable-laying) (Print)
The Great Eastern passing the Guard Ship at the Nore (Print)
The Great Eastern Steam Ship (Print)
Paying-out machinery (Great Eastern) (Print)
Searching for fault after recovery of the cable from the bed of the Atlantic - July 31st (Print)
The Route of the Atlantic Telegraph, The Great Eastern Section of the bed of the Atlantic (Print)
The Great Eastern under weigh July 23rd (escort and other ships introduced being the Terrible the Sphinx the Hawk & the Caroline) (Print)
The Great Eastern In Portland Harbour (Print)
Great Eastern The Grand Saloon during storm Sept 1861. Based on a sketch by a passenger, C.F. Hayward (Print)
Launching of the Great Eastern (Drawing)
The breaking up of the Great Eastern (Print)
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