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==Commemoration== Field and his wife are buried in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the Stockbridge Cemetery in Berkshire County. His headstone reads: "CYRUS WEST FIELD To whose courage, energy and perseverance the world owes The Atlantic Telegraph." [[File:One Lex Av plaque for Field HDR 2021 jeh.jpg|thumb|Plaque on a later building on the spot where Cyrus Field lived and worked]] In December 1884, the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] named the community of [[Field, British Columbia|Field]], [[British Columbia]], Canada in his honor. Cyrus Field Road, in [[Irvington, New York]], where he died, is named after him. ''[[Fieldia (worm)|Fieldia]]'', the burrowing [[Cambrian]] worm, is named after Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/fossils/fieldia-lanceolata/|title=''Fieldia lanceolata''|website=Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada|date=2011}}</ref> [[Ardsley, New York]] was named after Field's ancestor, Zechariah Field, on Cyrus Field's request. Zechariah Field was born in East Ardsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to America in 1629.
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