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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:59, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
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British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
[edit]- ... that the first attempt of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company to lay a submarine telegraph cable to Ireland failed because the cable would not reach that far? Source: Smith, p. 24, "...12 knots from Donaghadee, when, all the cable being expended, the attempt was abandoned"
Created by Spinningspark (talk). Self-nominated at 14:52, 27 January 2019 (UTC).