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在菲尔德的坚持下,第三次尝试开始了。
这一次可谓一帆风顺,所有电缆一次铺设完毕,也没有出现中途断电等事故。
通过这条长长的海底电缆,终于可以发出信息了。
就在这时,电流又一次中断了。
这一次,几乎所有人都陷入了绝望,除了菲尔德和他的几个朋友还在坚持着。
菲尔德凭借自己的努力成功说服了投资人,开始了新的尝试。
这次执行艰巨任务的是“大东方”
号,它缓缓驶入海洋,开始重复之前的工作。
起初,一切都很顺利,在横跨纽芬兰600英里处,电缆线再次被割断,并沉入到海底之中。
菲尔德没有因为眼前的失败而退缩。
他重新组织人员,继续研发,制造出了一种质量远远优于普通电缆的新型电缆。
1866年7月13日,菲尔德和他的同伴们终于顺利接通了电缆,并发出了第一份横跨大西洋直达纽约的电报:
“我们已于今天早上9时到达目的地,一切都很顺利。
感谢上帝!
电缆终于成功铺好,且运行正常——希拉斯·菲尔德。”
不久,喜讯再次传来,之前坠入海底的那条电缆最终被打捞并修复好,并一直通向纽芬兰。
时至今日,这两条电缆仍运行良好,并且还会在将来继续造福人类。
CyrusW.FieldhadretiredfrombusihalargefortunewhenhebecamepossessedwiththeideathatbymeansofacablelaidupoomoftheAtlaelegraphiunicouldbeestablishedbetweenEuropeandAmerica.Hepluheuakingwithalltheforceofhisbeing.Thepreliminaryworkihestruofatelegraphlihousandmileslong,fromoSt.John's,Newfoundland.Throughfourhundredmilesofalmostutheyhadtobuildaroadashlineaewfoundlaehundredandfortymilesacrosstheislaodealoflabor,asdidthelayingofacableacrosstheSt.Lawrence.
Byhardworkhesecuredaidforhispanyfroveringressheenteredsuchbitteroppositionfromapowerfullobbythathismeasureonlyhadamajorityofoe.
Orial,whentwohusea,theelectritwassuddenlylost,ahedeervouslyandsadly,asifinthepreseasMr.Fieldwasabouttogivetheordertocutthecable,thetreturnedasquidmysteriouslyasithaddisappeared.
Thefollowingheshipwasmovingbutfourmilesanhourandtheingoutattherateofsixmiles,thebrakesliedtoosuddenlyjustasthesteamergaveaheavylurch,breakingthecable.
Fieldwasogiveup.Sevenhundredmilesmoreofcableswereordered,andamaskillwassettoworktodeviseabettermaefoutthelonglihevesselswerethreemilesapart,thecable,parted.Againitliced,butwhentheshipswereeightymilesapart,thetwaslost.Athirdtimethecablelidabouttwohundredmilespaidout,wheweheAgamemnon,aurofIreland.
&orsweredisheartehepublicskeptical,capitalistswereshy,andbutfortheindomitableenergyandpersuasivenessofMr.Fieldwhoworkeddayandnightalmostwithoutfoodorsleep,thewholeprojectwouldhavebeenabandoned.
Finallyathirdattemptwasmade,withsuchsuccessthatthewholecablewaslaidwithoutabreak,andseveralmessageswereflashedthroughnearlysevenhundredleaguesofosuddeceased.
FaithnowseemeddeadexthebreastofCyrusW.Field,awofriehsuchpersisteheyersuadedmentofurnishcapitalforarialevenagainstwhatseemedtheirbetterjudgment.Aneeriorcableoern,whichsteamedslowlyouttosea,payingoutassheadvahioatilwithinsixhundredmilesofNewfoundlaheappedandsank.
Nedbyallthesedifficulties,Mr.Fieldithawill,anizedanewpany,andmadeaneeriortoanythingbeforeused,andonJuly13,1866,wasbegurialwhidedwiththefollowioNewYork:
"Wearrivedhereatnineo'.Allwell.ThankGod!
Thecableislaidandisiworder—CyrusField."
Theoldcableickedup,spliduedtoNewfoundland,awoarestillw,withgoodprospectsforusefulnessformanyyears.
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