What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: James Horsfall (1813 - 1887) Industrialist and philanthropist, who manufactured the wire for the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866 and built this church for the benefit of his workforce Webster & Horsfall established in 1720 Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Civic Society.

James Horsfall was a 19th-century industrialist whose company manufactured the wire for the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866, revolutionizing global communication; he also demonstrated philanthropy by building St Cyprian's Church to serve his workforce.

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