| description: | On July 27, 1866 Heart'S Content, A Remote Newfoundland Fishing Village Was Linked With New York & Europe To Become A World Communication Centre. Seen In This Image Is The Last Of The 1,852 Nautical Miles Of Submarine Cable Stretching From Valencia, Ireland Being Linked By Sailors To Heart'S Content, Newfoundland. The Minimum Message Was $100, Or More Than 50 Times Today'S Rate. Montreal Engineer F.N. Gisborne Conceived The Project In 1851 And Interested Capitalists On Both Sides Of The Ocean, Including Cyrus W. Field. Field Courageously Crossed The Atlantic 64 Times Even Though He Was Always Seasick. Reaching For The Looped Cable End Is Samuel Canning, Chief Engineer. Next, With Binoculars Is Cyrus W. Field. To Its Record As The Pioneer In Transatlantic Communications, Newfoundland Added Marconi'S First Wireless Signal On December 12, 1901, And The First Telephone Cable At Clarenville On July 1, 1956. Image From A Painting By Rex Woods |