Building Ireland

The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable (3x2)

Date de diffusion: Avr 23, 2020

Engineer Tim Joyce tells the incredible story of the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable’s arrival in West Kerry and the launch of the so-called “Victorian internet”. Engineer Brian McManus examines the innovative Irish science that rescued the project from disaster, and architect Orla Murphy tours the bespoke Victorian campus that sprang up around the cable station.