Talk:Submarine Telegraph Company

Ocean?
In the remark: "This was the first telegraph cable to be put in service across an ocean." Surely no one believes that the English Channel is an ocean? Crossing the English Channel, 35 km, is not the same as crossing the Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian Oceans.Gregorybard (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
 * You have a point, even getting a cable across the Irish Sea was harder, but it was definitely the first of something and I couldn't find a better form of words. SpinningSpark 22:57, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Spelling variations
Hi, Thanks for this fascinating history. I notice there are different spellings for Wilkins and Wetherly, Wetherley, Weatherly, even within Haigh and in other sources via a search but I couldn't see any variations that included Wilkinson for Wilkins per the List of cables laid table. Is Wilkinson in any of the sources? Thanks, JennyOz (talk) 00:26, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * No, that was my error, now corrected. Thanks for bringing that up; if you have any other queries on the sources please note that I will soon be returning Haigh and a number of other sources I have on interlibrary loan for writing a set of telegraphy articles, so I won't have access in the future. SpinningSpark 01:01, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. No other queries, regards, JennyOz (talk) 01:44, 23 February 2019 (UTC)