Specimen of French Cable Co.- Siemens submarine telegraph cable,deep sea section
Specimen of French Cable Co.- Siemens submarine telegraph cable,deep sea section
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Cable
- cable sample
- Other Terms
- Cable; Cables and Wires; Submarine
- date made
- 1879
- 1870
- associated person
- Field, Cyrus W.
- maker
- Siemens Brothers & Co., Ltd.
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- EM.181387
- catalog number
- 181387
- accession number
- 31262
- Credit Line
- from the Western Union Telegraph Co., thru Thomas T. Eckert
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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