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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. Shore end of cable. Stranded core of conductors surrounded by layers of gutta percha and tarred hemp. Outer sheathing consists of ten galvanised iron wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0129 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | R. S. Newall & Co |
| Vessels: | Elba 1854 |
| Date made: | 1853 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 152 mm |
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