William Thomas Henley

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William Thomas Henley (1814 - 1882) was a pioneer in the manufacture of telegraph cables. He designed and built a wire covering machine which is now in the London Science Museum.

He set up as a submarine cable maker in 1857 and by 1859 he had his own factory beside the Thames at North Woolwich. He went on to manufacture the shore ends of the second Transatlantic cable in 1865.