Box of submarine cable samples

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A wooden box of submarine cable samples. There are sixteen samples of cable - eight short lengths and eight cross sections in a glazed wooden box with a hinged lid: There is a small plaque that gives detials of the cable samples, with an inscription that reads "BRITISH INDIAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S CABLES 1870. CONTRACTORS TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED & REDUCED".

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Object Details

ID:	AAB0152
Collection:	Communications and signalling
Type:	Submarine cable
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1870
People:	HM Admiralty
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Box of submarine cable samples Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.1) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.2) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.3) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.4) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.5) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.6) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.7) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.8) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.9) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.10) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.11) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.12) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.13) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.14) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.15) Submarine cable section (Submarine cable) (AAB0152.16) Box of submarine cable samples (Box) (AAB0152.17)