The Atlantic Telegraph (1865)

by Sir William Howard Russell

S. CANNNG.

E.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF THE CABLES ALREADY LAID IN THE SEAS AND OCEANS OF THE WORLD.

No.	Iron.		lbs. G.P.	Copper.		Length
	Weight.	Length.		lbs.	Length.
1	Dover and Cape Grisnez			13,230	3300	30	30
2	Dover and Calais	314,600	260	14,820	7060	104	26
3	Holyhead, Howth	156,480	960	11,400	5400	80	80
4	Portpatrick and Donaghadee	316,200	300	20,312	10,125	150	25
5	Denmark	164,748	162	5400	2052	54	18
6	Dover, Ostend	1,138,320	1080	73,125	36,450	540	90
7	Frith of Forth	77,800	200	8180	18,520	20	5
8	Italy, Corsica	1,597,200	1320	104,940	44,550	660	110
9	Corsica, Sardinia	145,200	120	9540	4050	60	10
10	Holyhead, Howth	295,640	760	15,504	51,300	76	76
11	Do.	295,640	760	15,504	51,300	76	76
12	Portpatrick and Whitehead	328	848	312	22,280	10,530	16s 284
13	Sweden, Denmark	137,020	130	5558	2633	39	13
14	Black Sea			56,763	24,098	357	357
15	Do.	70,584	2076	24,652	11,678	173	173
16	Prince Edward’s Island, New Brunswick	46,512	144	1905	1134	84	12
17	England, Hanover	807,680	3360	66,360	30,240	2240	280
18	— Holland	2,439,840	1366	110,976	78,336	544	136
19	Liverpool, Holyhead	161,400	300	5925	3376	50	25
20	Channel Islands	450,306	837	14,787	10,230	93	93
21	Isle of Man	193,680	360	7344	2430	36	36
22	England, Denmark	2,734,200	4200	124,425	6700	4200	350
23	Folkestone, Boulogne	429,120	288	20,520	7776	576	24
24	Singapore, Batavia	564,300	9900	112,200	86,350	3850	550
25	Sweden, Gottland	248,064	768	10,176	6048	448	64
26	Tasmania	933,600	2400	38,160	16,480	240	240
27	Denmark, Great Belt	203,280	168	13,365	5628	84	14
28	Dacca, Pegu	119,016	2088	21,228	18,096	812	116
29	Newfoundland, Cape Breton	290,700	900	13,515	8500	595	85
30	First Atlantic	5,140,800	428,400	748,000	340,000	23,800	3400
31	Sardinia and Malta: Dardanelles to Scio	3,326,400	12,600	111,300	70,000	4900	700
32	and Candia from Athens, to Scio and Scio	631,104	8304	82,521	51,900	3633	519
33	Sardinia, Bona	707,000	1500	42,750	80,000	500	125
34	Red Sea and India	6,126,714	63,168	743,908	547,404	24,563	3509
35	Sicily and Malta	499,100	700	10,080	7000	490	70
36	Barcelona, Mahon	538,560	2880	25,920	16,740	1260	180
37	Iviza to Majorca: St. Antonia to Iviza	639,900	2700	31,800	18,000	1200	150
38	Toulon, Algiers	465,600	4800	93,600	44,640	3360	480
39	Corfu, Otranto	427,800	600	11,700	5880	420	60
40	Toulon, Corsica	189,150	1950	39,000	18,135	1365	195
41	Malta, Alexandria	5,829,930	27,630	10,745	532,645	10,745	1535
42	Wexford	687,204	756	36,288	23,436	1764	63
43	England, Holland	2,439,840	1360	110,976	78,336	544	136
44	Sardinia, Sicily	223,100	2300	42,400	36,000	1610	230
45	Persian Gulf	9,677,544	17,988	357,500	292,500	1499	1499

F.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLES

Now in successful Working Order, the Insulated Wires for which were manufactured by the Gutta Percha Company, Patentees, Wharf Road, City Road, London.

No.	Date when Laid.	From	To	No. of Conductors.	Length of Cable in Statute Miles.	Length of Insulated Wire in Statute Miles.	Depth of Water in Fathoms.	By whom Covered and Laid.	Length of time the Cables have been working.
1	1851	Dover	Calais	4	27	108	.	Wilkins & Wetherley, Newall & Co., Küper & Co., and Mr. Crampton.	14 years
2	1853	Denmark, across the Belt		3	18	54	.	R. S. Newall & Co	12 “
3	1853	Dover	Ostend	6	80½	483	.	Newall & Co., and Küper & Co. R. S. Newall & Co.	12 “
4	1853	Frith of Forth		4	6	24	.		12 “
5	1853	Portpatrick	Donaghadee	6	25	150	.	“ “	12 “
6	1853	Across River Tay		4	2	8	.	“ “	12 “
7	1854	Portpatrick	Whitehead	6	27	162	.	“ “	11 “
8	1854	Sweden	Denmark	3	12	36	14	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	11 “
9	1854	Italy	Corsica	6	110	660	325	“ “	11 “
10	1854	Corsica	Sardinia	6	10	60	20	“ “	11 “
11	1855	Egypt		4	10	40	.	“ “	10 “
12	1855	Italy	Sicily	3	5	15	27	“ “	10 “
13	1856	Newfoundland	Cape Breton	1	85	85	360	“ “	9 “
14	1856	Prince Edward’s Island	New Brunswick	1	12	12	14	“ “	9 “
15	1856	Straight of Canso.	Cape Breton, N.S.	3	1½	4½	.	Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Co.	9 “
16	1857	Norway. across Fiords	1	49	49	300	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	8 “
17	1857	Across mouths of Danube		1	3	3	.	“ “	0 “
18	1857	Ceylon	{Mainland of India}	1	30	30	.	“ “	0 “
19	1858	Italy	Sicily	1	8	8	60	“ “	7 “
20	1858	England	Holland	4	140	560	30	“ “	7 “
21	1858	Ditto	Hanover	2	280	560	30	“ “	7 “
22	1858	Norway across	Fiords	1	16	16	300	“ “	7 “
23	1858	South Australia	King’s Island	1	140	140	45	W. T. Henley	7 “
24	1858	Ceylon	India	1	30	30	45	“ “	7 “
25	1859	Alexandria		4	2	8	.	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	6 “
26	1859	England	Denmark	3	368	1104	30	“ “	6 “
27	1859	Sweden	Gotland	1	61	64	80	“ “	6 “
28	1859	Folkestone	Boulogne	6	24	144	32	“ “	6 “
29	1859	Across rivers in India		1	10	10	.	“ “	6 “
30	1859	Malta	Sicily	1	60	60	79	“ “	6 “
31	1859	England	Isle of Man	1	36	36	30	“ “	6 “
32	1859	Suez	Jubal Island	1	220	220	.	R. S. Newall & Co.	6 “
33	1859	Jersey	Pirou, France	1	21	21	15	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	5 “
34	1859	Tasmania	Bass Straits	1	240	240	.	W. T. Henley	5 “
35	1860	Denmark	(Great Belt) (14 miles (14 miles	6) 3)	28	126	18	“ “	5 “
36	1860	Dacca	Pegu	1	116	116	.	“ “	5 “
37	1860	Barcelona	Mahon	1	180	180	1400	“ “	5 “
38	1860	Minorca	Majorca	2	35	70	250	“ “	5 “
39	1860	Iviza	Majorca	2	74	148	500	“ “	5 “
40	1860	St. Antonio	Iviza	2	76	152	450	“ “	5 “
41	1861	Norway across	Fiords	1	16	16	300	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	4 “
42	1861	Toulon	Corsica	1	195	195	1550	“ “	4 “
43	1861	Holyhead	Howth, Ireland	1	64	64	.	Electric & International Tel. Co.	4 “
44	1861	Malta	Alexandria	1	1535	1535	420	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	3½ years
45	1861	Newhaven	Dieppe	4	80	320		W. T. Henley, laid	4 “
46	1862	Pembroke	Wexford	4	63	252	58	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	3¼ “
47	1862	Frith of Forth		4	6	24		Electric & International Tel. Co.	3 “
48	1862	England	Holland	4	130	520	30	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	2¾ “
49	1862	Across River Tay		4	2	8		Electric & International Tel. Co.	3 “
50	1863	Sardinia	Sicily	1	243	243	1200	Glass, Elliot, & Co.	2 “
51	1864	Persian Gulf		1	1450	1450	120	W. T. Henley and Indian Government	1 year
52	1864	Otranto	Avlona	1	60	60	569	W. T. Henley	9 mths.
53	1865	La Calle	Biserte	1	97¼	97¼		Siemens Brothers	3 “
54	1865	Sweden	Prussia	3	55	166		W. T. Henley	1 month
55	1865	Biserte	Marsala	1	164¾	164¾		Siemens Brothers	1 “

A great many Cables of short lengths, not included in this list, are now at work in various parts of the world; and other Cables, the Wires insulated by the Gutta Percha Company, have been laid by Messrs. Felten & Guilleaume, of Cologne, during the last eight years, amounting to over 1000 miles, and which are now in working order.