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Submarine cable section
Submarine cable. Cylindrical with brass mounts at each end. Seven copper wires in the core, the outer sheathing consists of iron wires individually covered with a serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pitch.
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Object details
| ID: | AAB0112 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Materials: | Metal: copper; Metal: iron Metal: brass Organic: gutta percha Organic: hemp |
| 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: | 150 mm |