Submarine cable section

A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical, 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.

Object Details

ID: AAB0130
Collection: Communications and signalling
Type: Submarine cable
Display location: Not on display
Creator: R. S. Newall & Co
Vessels: Elba 1854
Date made: 1859
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 155 mm
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