The Story of the Atlantic Cable Adam Guettel (Ft. Brian D'Arcy James & Kelli O'Hara)

[Kirsten]
Do you know the story of the Atlantic cable?

[Joe]
The story?

[Kirsten]
The greatest invention of the modern age
Of any age, maybe
They built a boat specially for the job
A big steamer with room for miles of cable
And clamps and dynamos and winches
And the cable weighed
Okay, that I can't remember
But a lot
Per foot

[Joe]
I didn't know about that

[Kirsten]
So, well
Because it was so heavy
They dropped it twice
All the way to the bottom
Thousands and thousands and thousands of feet
Can you imagine?
But they persevеred
They brought it back up and reconnеcted