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Close ✕The Valentia Island cable station
The European end of the first transatlantic telegraph cables, on an island off the coast of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland.
51.9, -10.3 · approximate · 1857–1866 attempts; station in operation to 1966
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- A place in: The Cables Beneath · 6 places
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Connections
- is connected to of The 1858 Atlantic telegraph cable — Valentia Island was the European landfall of the 1858 cable and of the successful 1866 cable after it.
- instance of The cable landing station — Valentia is a cable landing station of the telegraph era, performing the same function as a modern one.
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