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Submarine cable section
Submarine cable. Central core - seven copper wires covered with four layers of gutta percha covered with a cushion of tarred jute. Sheathing eighteen continguous iron wires. Brass bands top and bottom.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0109 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1861 |
| People: | Clifford, Henry |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 406 mm |