"Plaque for Atlantic Cable Pioneer Daniel Gooch" -- Windsor & Eton Railway Station, Windsor, Berkshire, UK
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The news story about the installation of a blue plaque for Sir Daniel Gooch MP, on the concourse of the Windsor & Eton Railway Station/Windsor Royal Shopping Centre in Windsor
Waymark Code: WMTB47
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/26/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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This blue plaque is near the Jo Malone kid's store at the Royal Shopping Centre in the Windsor & Eton Railway Station.

The plaque commemorates the contributons of Sir Daniel Gooch, MP, who rose from engineer to Chairman of the Great Western Railway (which built this station), and who coordinated the project to connect the United States and the UK by an undersea Atlantic telegraph cable.

The blue plaque reads as follows:

"Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

DANIEL GOOCH

Bart MP JP
1816-1889

Locomotive and Telegraphic Engineer

Chairman of the Great Western Railway

Lived at Clewer Park, Windsor
1859-1889"

From the BBC: (visit link)

"Plaque for Atlantic telegraph pioneer Sir Daniel Gooch
15 October 2015

The pioneer who coordinated the connection of the United States and Great Britain by electric telegraph has been commemorated with a blue plaque.

Sir Daniel Gooch ran the project, which saw Isambard Kingdom Brunel's ship SS Great Eastern lay the seabed cable.

Sir Daniel, a locomotive engineer, worked for Brunel and became chairman of the Great Western Railway.

The plaque was unveiled earlier by the Mayor of Windsor and Maidenhead at Windsor & Eton Central station.

Mayor Eileen Quick said: "Before the age of the internet and telephones the telegraph was the fastest way to communicate.

"It could be said that Sir Daniel was a pioneer in bringing us the truly connected world we live in today."

Born in Bedlington, Northumberland in 1816, he died at his country estate near Windsor on 15 October 1889.

He was buried at the Church of St Andrew, Clewer."
Type of publication: Television

When was the article reported?: 10/15/2015

Publication: BBC News

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How widespread was the article reported?: international

News Category: Society/People

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