The History of the Telegraph Cable

The first message to be sent was quote, a treaty of peace has been signed between Austria and Prussia. Queen Victoria also sent a message to President Andrew Johnson saying the Queen congratulates the president on the successful completion of an undertaking which he hopes may serve as an additional bond of union between the United States and England. The Great Eastern did head back to find the lost line from its earlier mission and they did manage to locate it even though it had sunk about 4,877 meters to the ocean floor. A backup line was also successfully completed on September 8th.