“The Victorian Internet”—The world’s first global communication network
Posted: November 01, 2024
The telegraph system went from speculative theory to a global telecommunications network connecting continents via undersea cables in just 35 years.
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REBECCA AHRENS
Hi everyone, Rebecca here. We have something a little different for you this week. I’m going to be reading an essay I wrote with help from my colleague Joe Renshaw about the history of the telegraph and the 35-year period in which the world created what would later be called “The Victorian Internet.”
The piece was recently published on the Our Industrial Life website. We’ll link to it in the show notes. There you can find references and links to more information as well as some cool charts and maps.
Please visit us at ourindsutriallife.com where you can find lots of articles on industrial topics ranging like how space garbage is threatening satellite networks, to creative ways to solve the power storage problem, to the history of cement and much much more.
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