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Cyrus Field and Party at Valentia, Ireland Item Info
- Title:
- Cyrus Field and Party at Valentia, Ireland
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- 5-Jun-85
- Transcription:
- Recto: No text.;Verso: "Cyrus Field and party selecting the location for landing the shore end of the cable on the Coast of Valentia. Sunday afternoon, June 5." "This is almost as important as laying the cable itself and Mr. Field traversed the island time and again before deciding on the matter a smooth water and sandy bottom being necessary for the safety of the cable." "1 Cyrus W. Field" "2 Knight of Kerry ( A [?])" "3 C. F. Varley Asst. Electrician to Atlantic Telegraph Co" "4 B. Wardlock Supt in Ireland of the Atlantic Co" "5 John Temple Engineer to the Telegraph and Maintenance Co London" "See Farrell's letters to the Herald, J.B." "The shore end of the cable will be carried out to sea about 15 miles and there buryed [sic] until the arrival of the Great Eastern when it will be connected with the Main Line. Consequently the ship will not come within sight of Valencia."
- Subjects:
- Transatlantic cables--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Tattered, corners missing.
- Place:
- Ireland--County Kerry--Valencia Island
- Medium:
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions:
- 13" x 9.5."
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 51.9107738, -10.3548996
- Source:
- Original drawing location: TAC-JB-GB-6-5-65-2 (Box 11).
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4801
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)TAC-JB-GB-6-5-65-2
- Collection:
- Transatlantic Cable
- Tags:
- Atlantic Telegraph
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Cyrus Field and Party at Valentia, Ireland", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2225.html