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The First Atlantic Cable

CYRUS WEST FIELD  BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858 

CYRUS WEST FIELD 

BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 
HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME 
AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR 
THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858 

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