THE CABLE SHIP ON RErAIRS. 



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about 1,180 miles from Valentia an electrical fault developed 

 in the cable. In attempting to pick up and remove this fault 

 the cable parted, the end going overboard in 1,950 fathoms. 

 This occurred on August 2nd of that year, and all attempts 

 then made to recover it were ineffectual. But the " Great 



Fig. 104.— Mance'd Grapnel. 



Eastern" returned in the following year, and, after success- 

 fully laying the '66 cable, went back to the position where the 

 end of the former cable had been lost, and eventually raised 

 the end, with the grapnel described, on September 2nd, com- 

 pleting the cable to Newfoundland in six days from that date. 



Fig. 105. — Atlantic Cable Grapnel. 



This was the first occasion on which a cable had been raised 

 from a depth exceeding 500 fathoms. 



The centipede grapnel is shown in Fig. 106. One form of this 

 grapnel with renewable prongs is Cole's centipede. The prongs 

 are of cast-steel, two prongs being in one casting of the shape 

 shown in Fig. 107, and bolted to the shank of the grapnel. 



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