Specimen of U.S. Cable Co. cable, heavy shore end

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Date Made: 1874

Maker: Siemens Brothers & Co., Ltd.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

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Credit Line: from the Western Union Telegraph Co., thru Thomas T. Eckert

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.181383Accession Number: 31262Catalog Number: 181383

Object Name: Sample of Atlantic cablecable sample

Measurements: overall: 13 cm x 5.5 cm; x 5 1/8 in x 2 3/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-3c9e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_689008

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