Template:Did you know nominations/British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:59, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company

 * ... that the first attempt of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company to lay a submarine telegraph cable to Ireland failed because the cable would not reach that far? Source: Smith, p. 24, "...12 knots from Donaghadee, when, all the cable being expended, the attempt was abandoned"
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Maliyamungu

Created by Spinningspark (talk). Self-nominated at 14:52, 27 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Long enough, new enough, AGF on offline sources, hook is properly cited (upon checking the archive link to it) and interesting, QPQ provided, copyvio doesn't raise any red flags, looks good to me. Zappa⚡Mati 05:21, 1 February 2019 (UTC)