Submarine cable
        
        Length of submarine cable. Atlantic cable1873. Core of seven copper wires with an outer sheathing of ten iron wires covered by tarred hemp and compound. Has a smooth outer surface.
              
      
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0116.9 | 
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| Type: | Submarine cable | 
| Display location: | Not on display | 
| Creator: | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd | 
| Date made: | Unknown | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | 
| Measurements: | Diameter: 34 mm;Overall: 151 mm | 
| Parts: | Box of submarine cable samples (Submarine cable) 
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