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Electric cable section in glazed case
Slice of electric cable in a glazed wooden case. Plaque 'The First concentric Cable and First Paper Cable. Designed and made by S.Z. de Ferranti in 1890 for 6 1/2 miles service at 11000 volts from Deptford to London. Dismantled 1933.'
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0125 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | cable, electric |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de |
| Date made: | 1890 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 45 mm x 160 mm x 138 mm |