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Splicing the cable (after the first accident) on board the Great Eastern - July 25th
This image shows crew members on 25 July 1865 on the board the 'Great Eastern' searching for a fault in the telegraph cable. After retrieving the cable they found that a piece of wire, five centimetres (two inches) long, had been driven clear through the cable, stopping it from working by earthing the current. Mounted with PAG8273.; No.8.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG8274 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dudley, Robert |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858) |
| Date made: | 1865 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 204 x 286 mm |