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Completion of 1866 Cable

When
27 July 1866
Where
Heart's Content
Part of
SS Great Eastern completes the transatlantic telegraph cable, July 1866

The unbroken cable made it to shore in Heart's Content, Newfoundland, on 27 July 1866, completing the permanent connection.

The SS Great Eastern's first officer, Robert Halpin, managed to locate the lost cable end from the previous year. The unbroken cable made it to shore in Heart's Content, Newfoundland, on 27 July 1866, establishing a permanent cable connection between the continents.

Sources

  1. SS Great Eastern Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
  2. Transatlantic telegraph cable Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-15

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