In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple, August 2nd, 1865

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

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Getting Out One of the Large Buoys for Launching, August 2nd, 1865

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Launching the Buoy from the Bow of the Great Eastern on August 8th, 1865

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View, Looking Aft, from the Port Paddle Box of the Great Eastern, Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

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View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

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The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hulk to the Great Eastern

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Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple for the Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865

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The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

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Getting Out One of the Great Buoys: The Deck of the Great Eastern Looking From the Forecastle

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Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

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Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865

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The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866

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