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Submarine cable with presentation case
Presentation case containing ten pieces of submarine cable, from the Suez Canal, circa 1879. Five lengths of cable marked 'A B B1 D E' and 'TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION & MAINTAINANCE COMPY LIMITED' with five equivalent cross sections, in a glazed, maple-veneered case. The accompanying metal label reads 'EASTERN TELEGRAPH CO LTD/SUEZ-ADEN (TRIPLICATE CABLE) 1883/Nautical Miles/Type A. 10, Type E. 105, Type B. 105, Type B1. 315, Type D. 965/Total 1500/CONTRACTORS TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION & MAINTAINANCE COMPANY LONDON'. All the cables have a core of copper wires, surrounded by rubber and steel wires. B & D with 12 and 14 steel wires respectively, the rest with ten.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2294 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd |
| Date made: | 1879 |
| People: | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd |
| Credit: | Donated by John Petyt |
| Measurements: | Box: 130 mm x 390 mm x 440 mm |