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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. The core is surrounded by an outer sheathing, a single covering of canvas tape foloowed by a coat of Bright and Clark's compound then a single covering of the above hemps compounded.
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Object details
| ID: | AAB0139 |
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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: | 154 mm |