Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper

Oct 26, 1997 on HISTORY at 10:00 PM

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Summary

An examination of how one man's vision and the cooperation between the US and England resulted in an instant, reliable transcontinental mode of communication in the mid-1800s. See how wealthy 33-year-old Cyrus West Field endured many failures and los... (more)t millions in his attempt to close the communication gap between the Old and New Worlds.

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