Cyrus West Field

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Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819–July 12, 1892) was an American businessman and financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that successfully laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. The cable broke down three weeks afterward. In 1866, Field laid a new, more durable trans-Atlantic cable which provided almost instant communication across the Atlantic. On his return to Newfoundland, he grappled the cable he had attempted to lay the previous year and which had parted in mid-ocean, reattached it to new wire, thus allowing for a second, backup wire for communication. In December 1884, the Canadian Pacific Railway named the community of Field, British Columbia, Canada in his honor.

His two sons lost the family business and all assets, died pennilessly

• Residence: New York, United States
• Residence: New York, United States - 1870
• Residence: Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States - 1870
• Residence: Atlantic Cable - 12 Jul 1892
• Residence: New York, United States - 12 July 1892
• Residence: Ardsley Park - 12 Jul 1892
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