A reminder of our forthcoming GHS meeting next Wednesday 24th October when Julian Clark will present The Leviathan and the Internet: The Great Iron Ship and the Thread Across the Ocean. This commemorates the 160th anniversary of the SS Great Eastern being launched in the River Thames near Greenwich and Julian explores her significant contribution to transatlantic cables. This anniversary is shared with the completion, in 1858, of the first Atlantic cable that was sadly short lived, but successfully superseded by Brunel’s Great Iron Ship installing the successful 1866 cable.
Hope to see you there: James Wolfe School, Royal Hill, 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
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