Tugs laying cable

A first attempt in 1850 by John Watkins Brett's Anglo-French Telegraph Company to lay the first line under the English Channel, from Dover to Calais, using the converted tugs Goliath and Widgeon. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A first attempt in 1850 by John Watkins Brett's Anglo-French Telegraph Company to lay the first line under the English Channel, from Dover to Calais, using the converted tugs Goliath and Widgeon. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Tugs laying cable
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