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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. Outside the core it is further covered up to 3/4 " with an additional two coats of gutta percha compound. Part of the shore end of the cable. Outer sheathing of ten galvanised iron wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0135 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | R. S. Newall & Co |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
| Date made: | 1858 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 150 mm |
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