Originally Posted by fiannafailure

Joseph
I stand corrected, Waterville only came into operation in 1884. I should really have read my notes, there is actually a small museum on Valentia with a section devoted to this subject.

The thing that really caught my attention about that first cable was the initial investment, $600,000 was a real money in those days and of course that initial cable broke after a fortnight, but it proved the principle and started a communications revolution