Reminds me of the fantastic chapter in Tom Standage's "The Victorian Internet" about laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable: https://books.google.com/bo

Reminds me of the fantastic chapter in Tom Standage's "The Victorian Internet" about laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable: https://books.google.com/books?id=uFT4AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA90&ots=XrI2A7vBrA&dq=victorian%20internet%20undersea%20cable&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q=victorian%20internet%20undersea%20cable&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=uFT4AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA90&ots=... A bit less drama about it these days!