Pleasant Grove Review | 1937-07-16 | Page 8 | First Atlantic Cable

O i I i First Atlantic Cable On Aiutust G. 1C")7, tlie eastern end of Cyrus V. K;e!d's f.rst Atlantic At-lantic tc'u-i:rai h cable was fulled ashore at Valt-n'.ia Hay, Ireland. Great crowds caRerly awaited tl'.e ovent. The mon-.cnl ti.e cable boats touched tb.c shore, writes nn eye witness, "a hundred hands soirod th.e cable, ami run!'.::-.;: up the cl-evatvi cl-evatvi ground which fronts t!-.e bay landed it aboiu (If ly foot from the water mark." Sharply l:i contrast wit!) this enthusiasm was the public pub-lic dejection when, on August 11, the cable parte! and w.cs lo..t be-yoral be-yoral recovery in 2.P10 fathoms of water, after .TM nautical miles had been laid. KicM. however, never lost faith in the enterprise and. nf'.er overcoming repeated di:t"icu!tie.i, he laid. In l.'irit, a cable which proved permanently successful. 1