1863 Submarine Telegraphy

Submarine Telegraphy.

Although submarine telegraphy is an industry and only dates from 1851, it appears that the length of cable submerged to the present date is calculated at 15,176.5 miles. The following is a list of the principal cables laid by English firms up to 1857 :—

• From Dover to Calais, 27 miles, laid in 1851 by Messrs. Wilkins and Wetherley, Messrs. Newall and Co., Messrs. Ruper and Co., and Mr. Crampton ;
• from Holyhead to Howth, 73 miles, laid in 1852 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.
• front Denmark across the Belt, 18 miles laid in 1853 by Messrs. R. S. Newell and Co.
• from Dover to Ostend, 80.5 miles, laid in 1853 by Messrs: R. S. Newall and Co. and Messrs. Ruper and Co.
• across the Firth of Forth, 5 miles, laid in 1853 Messrs. R. S. Newell and Co.;
• from Portpatrick to Donaghadee, 25 miles, laid in 1853 by Messrs. R. S. Newell and Co.;
• from England to Holland, four separate cables of 120 miles each, laid in 1853 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.;
• from Portpatrick to Whitehead, 27 miles, laid in 1854 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.;
• from Sweden to Denmark, 12 miles laid in 1854 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Holyhead to Howth, 73 miles, laid in 1854 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co ;
• from Italy to Corsica, 110 miles, laid in 1854 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Corsica to Sardinia, 10 miles, laid in 1854 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Varna to Constantinople, 172 miles, laid in 1855 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.;
• from Varna to Balaklava, 356 miles, laid in by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.;
• a cable, 10 miles in length, laid off the Egyptian coast in 1855 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co;
• from Italy to Sicily, 5 miles, laid in 1855 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Newfoundland to Cape Breton, 85 miles, laid in 1856 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Prince Edward's Island to New Brunswick, 12 miles, laid in 1856 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• in Norway across Fiords, 49 miles, laid in 1857 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Sardinia to Malta and from Malta to Corfu, 700 miles, laid in 1857 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.;
• across the mouths of the Danube, three miles, laid in 1857 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co.;
• from Ceylon to the mainland of India, 30 miles, laid in 1857 by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co;
• from Sardinia to Bona, 125 miles, laid in 1857 by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co.
• In 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, the submersion of telegraph cables proceeded in an accelerated ratio, only 2,487 miles out of the 15,176 miles indicated above having been thus far recapitulated. In fact, as confidence increased, bolder enterprises were attempted and longer lines sere laid. It may be convenient, however, to summarise these later enterprises in a second paragraph.

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