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By the middle of the 19th-century, a network of telegraph poles strung across America had changed the way the country did business. But communicating with Europe was another matter. Messages to London were sent aboard sailing ships, taking up to s...
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Sponsors & Credits: The Great Transatlantic Cable (1:39) -- Cyrus Field's Vision (1:28) -- Audacious Project (1:44) -- Promoting the Telegraph (1:42) -- Connecting America (1:58) -- Industrial Age Millionaire (1:51) -- Great Circle Route (2:41) --...
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