Submarine cable section

A portion of submarine cable. it is cylindrical with a brass mount. Cable contains stranded copper wire covered with gutta percha. Outer covering consists of nine galvanised iron wires.

Object Details

ID: AAB0137
Collection: Communications and signalling
Type: Submarine cable
Display location: Not on display
Creator: R. S. Newall & Co
Date made: 1857
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 152 mm
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