The Transatlantic Telegraph: Lord Kelvin, Wildman Whitehouse, and Cyrus W. Field
Profiles In Eccentricity · John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau
January 29, 20261h 48m
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Show Notes
This week Matt brings us another tale of daring innovation: the attempt to connect the old and new worlds by wire! Cyrus W Field successfully tests connecting Newfoundland and Nova Scotia before engineers Lord Kelvin and Wildman Whitehouse are faced with engineering disasters including storms, snaps, sabotage and each other!