Great Western Telegraph Co
From Graces Guide
1872 Company incorporated to connect by telegraph cable New York with England, and the West Indies with New York and England, with prospect of further connection to Brazil. Sir William Thomson and Fleeming Jenkin were the engineers. Hooper's Telegraph Works were contracted to provide the cable; arrangements with the Great Northern Telegraph Co to make use of its cables[1]
1873 The company was in liquidation but the cables were being laid by Hoopers and would be operated by other companies[2]
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