His telegraph link with the Portuguese Government in Lisbon was cut.
Other municipal services arrived as well - a gas works in 1857, a telegraph link by 1870 and electricity by 1897.
The successful landing at Heart's Content, Newfoundland on 27 July, established the first telegraph link between Europe and North America.
By 1852 a telegraph link had been constructed between a new electro-magnetic clock at Greenwich and initially Lewisham, and shortly after this London Bridge stations.
The telegraph link between Tumaco and La Espriella was out of commission for 24 hours because of fallen posts.
Following the 1852 Telegraph Act, Canada's first permanent transatlantic telegraph link was a submarine cable built in 1866 between Ireland and Newfoundland.
In 1851, the carrier pigeons were superseded by a direct telegraph link.
A telegraph link was established between Britain and the European continent through the English Channel.
An attempt to increase the voltage pressure resulted in insulation breakdown and subsequent failure of the telegraph link.
It served as a telegraph link between Malta and Gozo.