Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Atlantic_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:category industrial equipment
19th-century inventions
history of telecommunications
telecommunications history
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:enables transatlantic telegraphy
gptkbp:engineeredFor gptkb:Charles_Bright
gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field
gptkb:John_Watkins_Brett
gptkbp:first_message_sent August 16, 1858
gptkbp:first_message_sent_by gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:first_message_sent_to President James Buchanan
gptkbp:first_permanent_cable_completed 1866
gptkbp:first_successful_cable_completed 1858
gptkbp:firstMessageSentBy gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:firstMessageSentTo President James Buchanan
gptkbp:firstPermanentCableCompletionDate 1866
gptkbp:firstSuccessfulCompletionDate 1858
gptkbp:historicalName engineering milestone
gptkbp:historicalSignificance revolutionized global communications
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
gptkbp:impact reduced communication time between continents from weeks to minutes
gptkbp:initial_cable_failed 1858
gptkbp:initial_cable_length about 2,500 miles
gptkbp:initial_cable_route Valentia Island, Ireland to Heart's Content, Newfoundland
gptkbp:initialCableFailedAfter a few weeks
gptkbp:initialLandingPointEurope Valentia Island, Ireland
gptkbp:initialLandingPointNorthAmerica gptkb:Heart's_Content,_Newfoundland
gptkbp:initiallyFailed 1858
gptkbp:initiallySucceeded 1858
gptkbp:keyEngineer gptkb:Charles_Tilston_Bright
gptkb:Cyrus_West_Field
gptkb:John_Watkins_Brett
gptkbp:length about 2,500 miles
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Atlantic_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:permanent_cable_laid_by gptkb:SS_Great_Eastern
gptkbp:permanentServiceBegan 1866
gptkbp:purpose telegraph communication
gptkbp:reduced_communication_time_between_continents from weeks to minutes
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:transatlantic_fiber_optic_cable
transatlantic telephone cable
gptkbp:shipUsedForLaying gptkb:SS_Great_Eastern
gptkbp:significance first instant communication link between Europe and North America
first communication link between Europe and North America
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Morse_code
telegraphy