Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1856
Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1856
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- 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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