DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 65735
USS Niagara (1857-1885)
Line engraving published in the "Illustrated Times of London",
15 August 1857, depicting activity on board during the first
attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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