The committee that undertook this project took over Frederick Gisborne's company and included the then glue-magnate Peter Cooper.
The committee that undertook this project took over Frederick Gisborne's company and included the then glue-magnate Peter Cooper. This effort required massive quantities of gutta percha, and ground to a halt after the appropriately-named Wildman Whitehouse decided it would be a great idea to subject it to tremendous levels of voltage. Work on this project resulted in the patenting of a new mirror galvanometer by Lord Kelvin, and its first success was directed at the village of (*) Heart's Content. The result of this effort was severely damaged in a 1929 event that inspired the study of turbidity currents. Robert Halpin oversaw the major revision of this project from the bridge of the Great Eastern, though it's much less successful first incarnation was completed using the Niagara, Agamemnon, and two other ships. For 10 points, Cyrus Field realized what brainchild of Samuel Morse, a continuous line allowing electronic communication between North American and Europe?
The committee that undertook this project took over Frederick Gisborne's company and included the then glue-magnate Peter Cooper.
Transatlantic Telegraph Cable [accept equivalents]