The cliffs Foilhummerum Bay, point of the landing of the shore end of Cable July 22nd

Mounted with PAG8280.; No.13. The European terminus of the 1865 Atlantic cable was on top of the remote cliffs of Foilhummerum Bay, on the island of Valentia in the west of Ireland, where it was connected to the existing land line. In this image, cowds of onlookers watch the 'Great Eastern' depart.

Object Details

ID: PAG8279
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dudley, Robert; Picken, Thomas
Vessels: Great Eastern (1858)
Date made: 1865
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 202 x 283 mm;