Comments on: East Greenwich: The home of communication

By: Greenwich cruise liner terminal approved | Greenwich.co.uk

Greenwich cruise liner terminal approved | Greenwich.co.uk — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:49:45 +0000

[...] – still based on adjacent land – and it was from here that the Enderby Brothers were pioneers in the development of telegraph cables that would be laid across the [...]

By: Daily Photo: 27/08/2010 – Ile De Batz | Greenwich.co.uk

Daily Photo: 27/08/2010 – Ile De Batz | Greenwich.co.uk — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:35:37 +0000

[...] Read more about Alcatels and its role in making East Greenwich ‘the home of communication̵… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: East Greenwich History Map « 853

East Greenwich History Map « 853 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:07:59 +0000

[...] Greenwich was where the first Transatlantic telegraph cable was made, and was home to scores of thriving riverside industries as well as one of the [...]

By: junior browne

junior browne — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:46:35 +0000

Dear Dr. Mills,

I read your article some time back and I was most interested as I am in the process of fundraising to build an interactive-educational museum at the the telegraph field in Valentia Island, Co. Kerry in Ireland. At this site Queen Victoria’s message was sent to President Buchanon on August 28th 1858. Communications continued for a further 2 weeks with little success as messages were unclear etc. The engineer in charge increased the current thinking this would rectify the anomalies however the cable was burned out and as you know the successful cable was laid in 1866 and so global communications between the old and new worlds began.

Best Regards

Junior Browne

A website with the most comprehensive coverage belongs to a retired electronic engineer Bill Burns, a gentleman. His website is http://www.atlantic-cable.com

By: Dan Cooper

Dan Cooper — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:42:27 +0000

Very good news. Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks receives a Queens Award for Enterprise: (International Trade 2010)

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1084953735&furlname=queensawards&furlparam=queensawards&ref=&domain=www.businesslink.gov.uk

By: Tunnel Refineries to go out with a whimper, not a bang « 853

Tunnel Refineries to go out with a whimper, not a bang « 853 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:54:31 +0000

[...] will be noting another break from Greenwich’s industrial past, with what’s left of Alcatel/STC at Enderby Wharf awaiting redevelopment. The warehouses at Delta Wharf also came down recently, making the west side [...]

By: Dan Cooper

Dan Cooper — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:29:39 +0000

I still find it fascinating that 150 years ago we were able to communicate across the Atlantic and that the principle of sending data across oceans , via a cable , remains today.

As a local and part of Alcatel-Lucent I am extremely proud of the past achievements of the company and , even more so now , to be part of it.

We have revolutionised the way that people live , work and communicate and with greater technological demands being placed on us we continue to do so , even today.

By: Tim Barry

Tim Barry — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:37:23 +0000

A very interesting article.

I wonder if Dr Mary Mills/ Richard Buchanan might be interested in giving a short talk on our local industrial history.