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In June 1994, FLAG signed a $1.2 billion contract with AT&T to lay its Europe-Asia cable. With the help of divers and remote-control tractors, barges such as this one spooled cable into shallow trenches on the seafloor. Laying FLAG's main strand from Britain to Japan required five cable barges.
Photo: Alex Tehrani
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