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Atlantic Telegraph Company
Anglo-American telecommunications firm / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main article: Transatlantic telegraph cable
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a company formed on 6 November 1856[1] to undertake and exploit a commercial telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean, the first such telecommunications link.
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Industry | Telegraphy |
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Founded | 1856 |
Founders | Cyrus Field, John Watkins Brett, Charles Tilston Bright |
Fate | 1870 merged with New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company and French Atlantic Cable Company |
Subsidiaries | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company |
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