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Submarine cable

Cross section of submarine cable. Atlantic 1865. Core of seven copper wires. The sheathing of ten wires are individually covered with a serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pitch with an outer sheathing of thirty-six wires grouped in threes.
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Object Details

ID: AAB0116.4
Type: Submarine cable
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Diameter: 64 mm;Overall: 25 mm
Parts: Box of submarine cable samples (Submarine cable)