A Thread Across the Ocean: The Story of the Transatlantic Cable

On this episode of Our American Stories, miles and miles of wire placed on ships and thrown into the ocean connected the world like never before and would help determine the outcomes of World Wars and beyond. John Steele Gordan tells the story of how the Transatlantic Cable came to be.

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