Consider Isambard Brunel’s 1858 SS Great Eastern—the largest ship at the time to get from the UK-Australia on one load of coal. Not successful as a passenger ship. In 1866 it found a new life—laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable. It made $10000 the first day.pic.twitter.com/8uBtKm0U98
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