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Rowe, Ted
Connecting the continents : Heart’s Content and the Atlantic cable / Ted Rowe.
ISBN 978-1-897174-42-5
1. Transatlantic cables--History. 2. Telegraph--Newfoundland and Labrador--History. 3. Telegraph stations--Newfoundland and Labrador--Heart’s Content--History. 4. Heart’s Content (N.L.)--History. I. Title.
TK5611.R69 2009 384.109718 C2009-900593-X