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

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Podcast: [Profiles In Eccentricity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/profiles-in-eccentricity-788471)
Published: 2026-01-29T14:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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!

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