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Cyrus West Field - LoveToKnow 1911 (465 words) |
 | CYRUS WEST FIELD (1819-1892), American capitalist, projector of the first Atlantic cable, was born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on the 30th of November 1819. |
| Unsuccessful attempts to lay the cable were made in August 1857 and in June 1858, but the complete cable was laid between the 7th of July and the 5th of August 1858; for a time messages were transmitted, but in October the cable became useless, owing to the failure of its electrical insulation. |
| Field, however, did not abandon the enterprise, and finally in July 1866, after a futile attempt in the previous year, a cable was laid and brought successfully into use. |
| United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Cyrus W. Field (1092 words) |
| Field, to be presented to him in the name of the people of the United States of America. |
| Field worked his way up from an office boy to a wealthy business man, who was able to retire at age 40. |
| Field posed for this portrait in 1858, and in an unusual departure, Brady added two telling props--a length of wire cable and a globe. |
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