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Sunken Cable

ATLANTIC CABLE STATION and SUNKEN FOREST The receiving station for the first Atlantic cable, laid in 1874, is located on Old Beach Road opposite this location. The remains of the Sunken Forest...

ATLANTIC CABLE STATION

and

SUNKEN FOREST

The receiving station for the first

Atlantic cable, laid in 1874, is

located on Old Beach Road opposite

this location. The remains of the

Sunken Forest (remnants of the Ice

Age) may be seen at low tide. Inter-

mingled with these gnarled stumps

is the original Atlantic cable.

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