SUBMARINE CABLES. 



Figs. 39, 40. 



P. Edward's Island 

 and X. Brunswick. 



88. The short sub- 

 marine cable laid down f7" 

 between Prince Ed- / 

 ward's Island, and the 

 coast of Nova Scotia 

 (figs. 39, 40), is intended 

 as part of a more ex- 

 tended submarine line 

 connecting Newfound- 

 land with Canada. The 

 other sections would 

 make up a total length 

 of 140 miles; but the 

 project is reported to be 

 arrested for the present 

 by the refusal of the 

 House of Assembly of 

 Xova Scotia to grant a 

 charter to the company 

 to cross that province. 



The Danish subma- 

 rine cable (figs. 41, 42), 

 is carried across the 

 Great Belt from Nyborg 

 to Korsoe the nearest 

 point of the opposite 

 coast of Zealand. 



The cable laid across 

 theZuyderZee is shown 

 in its proper size in figs. 

 43, 44 (p. 164). 



Subaqueous cables 

 have been laid across 

 several of the American 

 rivers. The difficulties 

 supposed to attend the 

 deposition and preser- 

 vation of these con- 

 ductors appeared to 

 telegraphic engineers 

 and projectors so for- 

 midable, that the wires 

 were at first carried 

 across the rivers be- 

 tween the summits of 

 M 2 



Fig. 41. 



Fig. 42. Great Belt. 

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