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William Watson Experiments with Electric Flow
William Watson an English scientist conducted an experiment depicting the flow of electricity between two jars coated with metal material. -
Field is Apprenticed to a New York Department Store Owner
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Cyrus Field and Company
Field joins his brothers papre company of leaving his apprenticeship, after some finacial troubles and no real value from investment, field acquires his brothers company and makes a complete turnaround. Now making a profit that well exceeds $200,000. (Worth a lot during that time period.)
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Sam Morse
Inventor Samuel Morse places runs an electric current through a wire across New York harbor. In December he sends messages by wire between two committee rooms in the U.S. Capitol. Congress eventually takes a step to spend $30,000 towards construction of a telegraph line. -
Jose d'Almeida
Portuguese engineer Jose d'Almeida discovers the sap of the gutta tree. He finds it to be a hard yet flexible substance, extremely ideal for insulating electrical cables, much like the rubber we use today. -
Whig National Convention
The Whig National Convention in Baltimore sends a message via a telegraph wire to washington 64 minutes before a train carrying physical results of the convention nominees arrives. Morse set up and read the results. -
"What Hath God Wrought"
A foreshadowing message from Morse via the recently completed telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore says, "What Had God Wrought". -
Frederick Gisborne
Head of the Telegraph Company surveys Newfoundlands Southern Coast in order to decide and prepare the land for the construction of another cable. -
U.S.S. Dolphin
The U.S.S. Dolphin "sounds" the 1,600 mile long route between Newfoundland and Ireland, discovering that the underwater land formations are all flat, ideal for the placement of a new cable or extension. -
First Atlantic Cable
The First set of messages are relayed, and the first cable is established, the works of Field, and the advancement of technology has taken a great leap. -
Civil War
The ability to send telegraphs through a telegraph system proves vital to winning the Civil War. -
Great Eastern Reaches Hearts Content
The Great Eastern reches it's first destination, completing a cable between America and Europe. Many messages, political, personal, and commercial are being sent back and forth -
NewFoundland Cable
The Great Eastern Connects The 1865 Cable to Newfoundland, this results in two working cables, sending and receiving messages. -
Field Receives a Gold Medal
Field receives the highest medal awarded to any civilian of the United States, a Congressional Gold Medal for his actions that resulted in the succesful establishment of two fully functioning cables that could relay messages across the known world. -
Cable to Australia through Singapore is Completed
After a few failures, challenges, and repairs, a cable is finally laid through australia through Singapore, adding the length of the cable, now spanning through not only the Atlantic but now the Pacific Ocean. -
Death of Cyrus West Field
At age 72 Field the inventor and overseer of the Trans-Atlantic Cable dies, his contributions to society and development of an industrial and modern world can never be refuted or remodeled, Field is laid to rest in Stockbridge, near a church where his late father used to preach. -
World-Wide Line
The completion of a line from British Columbia to New Zealand, telegraph cable spans the length of the entire planet.
