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Section of Transatlantic telegraph cable

Object No. B2158-1/1

Section of Transatlantic telegraph cable, copper / brass, made by Glass, Elliot & Co, Greenwich, London, England, 1858

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Summary

Physical Description

A section of cable, comprising a series of interlaced metal cables with copper core and insulation which are brass bound at the ends and in the middle. The middle brass ring is engraved with the following 'ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE / ...GUARANTEED BY... / TIFFANY & CO. / BROADWAY. NEW YORK. 1858'.

DIMENSIONS

Diameter

18 mm

SOURCE

Acquisition Date

27 September 1974

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