[vmilner]

The history of transatlantic cable-laying is extraordinary (and didn't work for several attempts because the theory of the field around the cable wasn't properly understood).

[toomuchtodo]

Great book on the topic:

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3347773W/A_Thread_Across_the...

https://smile.amazon.com/Thread-Across-Ocean-Heroic-Transatl...