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Submarine cable section
A section of submarine cable. The core consists of eleven copper wires covered by four layers of gutta percha, then a layer of hemp. The outer sheathing consists of fifteen galvanised iron wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0160 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 5 mm |