Submarine cable section
A section of submarine cable. The core consists of eleven copper wires covered with layers of gutta percha. The outer sheathing consists of two layers of fine galvanised iron wires, sixty-three in total.
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Object Details
ID: | AAB0161 |
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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: | 4 mm |
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