The ship Niagara.
[Ireland? : s.n.,
1857-1858?]
Dated from internal evidence - this ballad concerns the ship Niagara which took part in laying the first Transatlantic telegraph cable which crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Trinity Bay, in eastern Newfoundland. Attempts were made in both 1857 and successfully in 1858.
In one column with a woodcut above the title.
The ship Niagara - first line reads: Hail! stately Niagara, pride of the sea.
Ballads, English
Cables, Submarine
Telegraph cables