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Here is a glimpse back a century that gives you a view into what was involved in laying the first telegraph line across the Alantic. Remember, at this time, nobody knew it could work. Since 1839, experiments had been going on to run wires across small creeks. The article describes several failed attempts. It describes dropping 144 miles of wire to the bottom in an accident. The cable weighed 107 pounds per mile. The ship, the Great Eastern, took off with 4, 000 tons of cable. You could use this article as a treasure map. What would the copper alone be worth today! Forget stealing from the substations and telephone poles! " Bonus articles will be sent to the winner for : Atlantic Ocean Atlantic city Atlanta and Atlantis -All great reading! The carefully extricated articles consist of old pages from: The International Cyclopedia New York, Dodd Mead & Company 1899 Winner receives the actual pages which are over 100 years old
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