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Atlantic cable
(redirected from Transatlantic telegraph cable)

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Atlantic cable: see cable cable, originally wire cordage of great strength or heavy metal chain used for hauling, towing, supporting the roadway of a suspension bridge, or securing a large ship to its anchor or mooring.
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1866: The Great Eastern arrived at Heart's Content in Newfoundland, having successfully laid the transatlantic telegraph cable.
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However, his ship became one of the crowning achievements of the Victorian age by carrying the first transatlantic telegraph cable to link Europe and America.
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