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Description: | Boxed set of Atlantic Telegraph cable samples from 1858, 1865 and 1866, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited. Copper and iron wires sheathed in hemp, india rubber and pitch. Samples mounted on blue velvet in a glazed mahogany box. Inscription: "ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLES" "1858, 1905 NAUTICAL MILES NO1 MAIN CABLE/NO 2 INTERMEDIATE/NO 3 SHORE END//1865, 1924 NAUTICAL MILES NO.4 MAIN CABLE/NO.5.SHORE END//1866, 1858 NAUTICAL MILES NO.6.MAIN CABLE/NO.7 INTERMEDIATES /NO.8 SHORE END" "TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTAINANCE COMPANY LIMITED CONTRACTORS"
Box has lock but no key.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | submarine cables | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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