When was the Trans-Pacific Express undersea cable, for which Nedonna Beach, Oregon is a terminus, commissioned?
Nedonna Beach, Oregon Nedonna Beach is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves as the U.S. terminus of the Trans-Pacific Express undersea cable and Southern Cross Cable. Nedonna Beach is west of U.S. Route 101 between Rockaway Beach and Nehalem Bay.
Wildman Whitehouse Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse (1 October 1816 – 26 January 1890) was an English surgeon by profession and an electrical experimenter by avocation. He was recruited by entrepreneur Cyrus West Field as Chief Electrician to work on the pioneering endeavour to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable for the Atlantic Telegraph Company between western Ireland to eastern Newfoundland. This pioneering project of the Victoria era began in 1854 and was completed in 1858, however the cable functioned for only three weeks. While Whitehouse sent the first telegraph communications in 16 August 1858 to the United States of America, he was ultimately held responsible for the undersea cable failure after he applied higher voltages in an effort to boost declining signals.