Category: General

A Birmingham Company

 A Birmingham Company Prospect of Birmingham c. 1730 Birmingham Museums Trust CCO. Although Joseph Webster and James Horsfall entered into partnership in 1855 to become, Webster & Horsfall and then, 40 years later amalgamated with Latch and Batchelor the origins of the business can be traced back to the 1720s. The names of Webster, Horsfall,…

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The Atlantic Telegraph Cable

A wealthy American entrepreneur, Cyrus West Field (1819-1892), dared to dream of creating a Transatlantic Telegraph Cable between the United States and Europe. Since the first successful commercial cable between Dover and Calais in 1851, submarine telegraph cables were being laid with increasing frequency, but over relatively short distances. From 1854, he was inspired by…

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