THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 



Fig. 37. 



single wire. Near 

 the shore on each 

 side these will be 

 brought together 

 and twisted into 

 a single great 

 cable, as repre- 

 sented in figs. 37, 

 38. 



Of these, only 

 three have been 

 laid down. The 

 distance from Or- 

 fordness to the 

 Hague being 120 

 miles, the cables 

 were made 135 

 miles in length. 

 They were laid 

 down separately 

 at a little dis- 

 tance one from 

 another. At 3 

 miles from the 

 shore they were 

 brought together. 

 When the tele- 

 graphic business 

 increases the 

 other four will be 

 deposited. 



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Fig. 38. Orfordness and the Ha^ue. 



