Searching for fault after recovery of the cable from the bed of the Atlantic - July 31st

On 29 July 1865, with 634 miles (1020 km) of cable laid, another break in the electrical signal was recorded on the instruments. On examination, another sliver of wire was found to have been driven into the conductor core. There seemed to be little doubt that this was the work of a saboteur. Mounted with PAG8278.; No.10.

Object Details

ID: PAG8277
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dudley, Robert
Vessels: Great Eastern (1858)
Date made: 1865
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 204 x 287 mm
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