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USS Niagara 



A steam frigate built in 1857 by New York Navy Yard. Niagara's 

 first service was laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. 

 This venture was promoted by Cyrus W. Field, a New England 

 merchant. The British government assisted by lending the 

 battleship Agamemnon, shown here at the right, to help lay the 

 cable. After several mishaps the project was completed one year 

 later (August 1858) and a copper wire 1,950 miles long 

 connected Trinity Bay, Newfoundland with Valentia, Ireland. 

 Niagara was disposed of in 1865. 



Length: 328' 10" Displacement: 5,540 tons 



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