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Submarine cable section
A section of submarine cable. It is cylindrical with a metal band around each end. The core consists of seven copper wires sheathed by twelve iron wires.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0157 |
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| Collection: | Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Submarine cable |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1878 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 63 mm |