Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1856
Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1856
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- Description (Brief)
- Submarine Telegraph Cable. Laid in 1856. Solid iron conductor, No. 7 B.&S. gauge, covered with gutta-percha, without armor, brittle and badly cracked. To the cable is fastened one leaden weight, 2 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2 inches in diam. in the center tapering to the ends, with longitudinal slot in which the cable is placed and the lead hammer to tighten it on the cable. Laid between Nantucket Island and the Massachusetts mainland.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Cable
- cable sample
- Sample of cable sample
- Other Terms
- Cable; Cables and Wires; Lighting Devices; Lighting Devices; Submarine
- Date made
- 1856
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 1/2 in; x 45.72 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- EM.209329
- catalog number
- 209329
- accession number
- 37531
- Credit Line
- from George C. Maynard
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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