Submarine cable section

Submarine cable. Cylindrical with two metal bands at either end. The core consists of seven wires with ten iron wires of sheathing individually covered with hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pitch. The outer sheathing consists of thirty-six wires grouped in threes.

Object Details

ID: AAB0110
Collection: Communications and signalling
Type: Submarine cable
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Date made: 1865
People: Clifford, Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 76 mm
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