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The Story of the Atlantic Cable

by Sir Charles BRIGHT (1863 - 1937)

The Storm

The Story of the Atlantic Cable

The electric telegraph, together with the railway-train and the steamship, constituted the three most conspicuous features of late 19th century civilization. Indeed, it may be truly said that the harnessing electricity to the service of man for human communication has effected a change in political, commercial, and social relations, even more complete than that wrought by steam locomotion. This is the story of how the electric telegraph cable was laid across the floor of the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland. - Summary by modified from the introduction

Listen next episodes of The Story of the Atlantic Cable:
Atlantic Cable Systems of Today , Experience, Investigation, and Progress , ''Finis Coronat Opus'' , Jubilations , Other Proposed Routes , Recovery and Completion of the 1865 Cable , Second and Successful Attempt , Subsequent Atlantic Lines , The 1865 Cable and Expedition , The Celebration , The Inquest , The Renewed Effort , Working the Line