Atlantic Telegraph Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Atlantic_Telegraph_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1870
gptkbp:founded 1856
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Moses_Taylor
gptkb:Samuel_Cunard
gptkb:William_Brown
gptkb:Peter_Cooper
gptkb:Charles_Bright
gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field
gptkb:John_Watkins_Brett
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Atlantic Telegraph Company
gptkbp:industry telecommunications
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Moses_Taylor
gptkb:Samuel_Cunard
gptkb:William_Brown
gptkb:Peter_Cooper
gptkb:Charles_Bright
gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field
gptkb:John_Watkins_Brett
gptkbp:notableAchievement enabled near-instant communication between Europe and North America
gptkbp:notableEvent successfully laid transatlantic cable in 1866
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:first_transatlantic_telegraph_cable
gptkbp:purpose to construct and operate a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Anglo-American_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_John_Pender
gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6