The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable Size:L: 75 x 50cm Arsenal footballer George Armstrong pictured

Arsenal footballer George Armstrong pictured in the bath at Highbury football ground

Passengers boarding the steamer 'Earl Godwin'

One of the stars of the team Terry Dyson with Harry Secombe

Figure 4 Aspidiotus spinosus

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable Size:L: 75 x 50cm Arsenal footballer George Armstrong picturedThe laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 1866. Cable passing out of one of the tanks on board the 'Great Eastern'. An attempt in 1865 by Brunel's giant steamship, the 'Great Eastern' to lay the cable ended in failure when the cable snapped and the end was lost. The following year the 'Great Eastern' succeeded in retrieving the lost cable and completing it, connecting Valentia in Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Instead of the length