Editing TAT-1 (section)

{{short description|First trans-Atlantic telephone cable}}
[[File:The Bell System technical journal (1922) (14753547484).jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Routes under study in early 1956]]
'''TAT-1''' (Transatlantic No. 1) was the first submarine [[transatlantic telephone cable]] system. It was laid between [[Kerrera|Kerrera, Oban, Scotland]] and [[Clarenville|Clarenville, Newfoundland]].<ref name=SMuse>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/online_science/explore_our_collections/objects/index/smxg-33334 |title=Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, 1956|publisher=The Science Museum |access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> Two cables were laid between 1955 and 1956 with one cable for each direction.<ref name=SMuse/> It was inaugurated on September 25, 1956.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1956TAT-1/ |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications |author=Bill Burns |publisher=Atlantic-Cable.com |access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> The cable was able to carry 35 simultaneous telephone calls.<ref name=Register>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/14/reg_man_talks_transatlantic_with_tat1/ |title=TAT-1: Call the cable guy, all I see is a beautiful beach |author=Bill Ray|date=14 October 2013 |website=The Register|access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> A 36th channel was used to carry up to 22 [[telegraphy|telegraph]] lines.<ref name=Register/>