I wonder if the history of the world would've ended up differently if Western Union 's overland telegraph through Russia 
to Alaska 
had beaten the 1866 transatlantic cable from NYC 
to the UK 
"The success of the "Atlantic' was defeat for the 'Russian.' An overland telegraph line could never compete with the submarine cables. The first triumphant 'click, click!' at Trinity Bay was therefore the death-blow of the Russian scheme, & all work connected with that project was at once abandoned."
"A Race for A Girdle" Jane Marsh Parker
tinyurl.com/RussiaVsUKTelegraph
https://gab.com/adagioforstrings/posts/109355658655991159
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