Plenty more of interest at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable, which covers t

Plenty more of interest at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable, which covers the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Anything to do with electrical communications that smells of rubber and seawater makes me happy.