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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable. Cylindrical with metal bands at either end. It is a section of Atlantic cable. The core consists of seven copper wires surrounded by a layer of gutta percha. The outer sheathing consists of ten galvanised iron wires covered in hemp.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0124 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Glass Elliot & Co |
| Date made: | 1856 |
| People: | Baddeley, William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm x 30 mm |