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Submarine cable section
A portion of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a brass mount. The shore end has a second outer sheathing of twelve strands, each strand containing three galvanised iron wires. Core covered by an additional two coats of gutta percha.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0141 |
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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: | 65 mm |