The overland telegraph system
Audio recording and transcript of Gavin Halkett's March 1998 presidential address to the Nanaimo Historical Society about early telegraph systems. Halkett beings his talk with an explanation of how a telegraph works. He then goes on to explain the early development of the invention, and outline...
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ftviurr:oai:viurrspace.ca:10613/23165 2023-06-18T03:40:02+02:00 The overland telegraph system Halkett, Gavin Nanaimo Historical Society 1998-03-12 37:14 audio audio/mpeg audio/x-mpeg application/pdf https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-15073 https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23165 en eng Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University Neering, R. (1989). Continental dash :The Russian-American telegraph. Ganges, BC: Horsdal & Schubart. doi:10.25316/IR-15073 https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23165 http://dx.doi.org/10.25316/IR-15073 "Gavin Halkett, Mar. 1998. President's address: Overland telegraph." Nanaimo Historical Society audio cassette tape recording. Telegraph--History Transatlantic cables Telegraph lines--Design and construction Bulkley Charles S Collins Perry McDonough 1813-1900 Western Union Telegraph Company Recording, oral 1998 ftviurr https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-15073 2023-06-04T20:21:43Z Audio recording and transcript of Gavin Halkett's March 1998 presidential address to the Nanaimo Historical Society about early telegraph systems. Halkett beings his talk with an explanation of how a telegraph works. He then goes on to explain the early development of the invention, and outlines how numerous small systems around the world developed, but all ultimately faced the same challenge: they were unable to cross oceans. Halkett next chronicles the attempt to lay 2,000 miles of cable across the Atlantic, from southern Ireland to Newfoundland. The many challenges, including: the initial difficulty of laying the cable by a moving ship, teredos damaging the cable, fishermen fouling the line, and outright sabotage, are all discussed. He then explains how the repeated failures in 1858 to establish the trans-Atlantic cable gave rise to the idea of running an overland cable from San Francisco up the Pacific coast, through British Columbia, the Yukon, and through what was then Russian America (Alaska), before crossing the Bering Sea. As Halkett explains, those working for the Western Union Extension Company on the Pacific telegraph project also faced numerous challenges, including: extreme cold, starvation, and a lack of supplies appropriate to the climate and conditions. Halkett concludes his talk by detailing the 1866 completion of the Atlantic cable and the subsequent abandonment of the Pacific project. https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/23165/HalkettTranscript.pdf?sequence=4 Audio Bering Sea Newfoundland Alaska Yukon VIURRSpace (Royal Roads University and Vancouver Island University) Yukon Bering Sea Pacific |
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Audio recording and transcript of Gavin Halkett's March 1998 presidential address to the Nanaimo Historical Society about early telegraph systems. Halkett beings his talk with an explanation of how a telegraph works. He then goes on to explain the early development of the invention, and outlines how numerous small systems around the world developed, but all ultimately faced the same challenge: they were unable to cross oceans. Halkett next chronicles the attempt to lay 2,000 miles of cable across the Atlantic, from southern Ireland to Newfoundland. The many challenges, including: the initial difficulty of laying the cable by a moving ship, teredos damaging the cable, fishermen fouling the line, and outright sabotage, are all discussed. He then explains how the repeated failures in 1858 to establish the trans-Atlantic cable gave rise to the idea of running an overland cable from San Francisco up the Pacific coast, through British Columbia, the Yukon, and through what was then Russian America (Alaska), before crossing the Bering Sea. As Halkett explains, those working for the Western Union Extension Company on the Pacific telegraph project also faced numerous challenges, including: extreme cold, starvation, and a lack of supplies appropriate to the climate and conditions. Halkett concludes his talk by detailing the 1866 completion of the Atlantic cable and the subsequent abandonment of the Pacific project. https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/23165/HalkettTranscript.pdf?sequence=4 |
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Neering, R. (1989). Continental dash :The Russian-American telegraph. Ganges, BC: Horsdal & Schubart. doi:10.25316/IR-15073 https://viurrspace.ca/handle/10613/23165 http://dx.doi.org/10.25316/IR-15073 |
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