Great Eastern (1858)
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Summer 1860: The Great Eastern at New York during her first visit.

 

July 1866: The Great Eastern at Newfoundland after laying the first Atlantic cable.

 

1887: HMS Minotaur with the Great Eastern visible on the left.

 

1888: The Great Eastern at Liverpool, now used as a floating billboard, she would be scrapped the following
year.

 

Satellite photo of the remains of the launch site in London.

 



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Page revised June 23, 2008