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QC Rockport! The Amazing Story of the 1884 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Arriving at Cape Ann, Rockport

Pebble Beach in Rockport, Massachusetts has a celebrated history as the ocean entry point for the transatlantic submarine cable which crossed over to Ireland by way of Newfoundland, Canada.

Paul St. Germain brings to life the twelve-year quest to establish the transatlantic telegraph link, introducing us to the prominent scientists and inventors of the time who developed key elements of the telegraph. The 280-page book includes 185 photographs tracing the history of the underwater communications link. Beginning with the first cable expeditions of 1857-1858, to the successful laying of the 1884 transatlantic telegraph cable from Rockport, the book brings us up to the recently laid 2023 fiber optic cable running from France and England to Lynn, Massachusetts.

$25.00 includes shipping