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The Transatlantic Telegraph: Lord Kelvin, Wildman Whitehouse, and Cyrus W. Field

Podcast: Profiles In Eccentricity
Published: Jan 29, 2026
Duration seconds: 6486
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Summary

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!