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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable.It is cylindrical with a brass mount. The stranded copper wire surrounded by gutta percha compound and tarred hemp. The outer covering consists of nine glavanised iron wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0138 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | R. S. Newall & Co |
| Date made: | 1858 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 150 mm x 25 mm |
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