Submarine cable length
Sample length of the 1866 Atlantic Telegraph submarine shore end cable made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited. Copper and iron wires sheathed in hemp, india rubber and pitch.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Metal, hemp, india rubber
74.0 x 245.0mm
ZBA0001.17
Image and text © Royal Museums Greenwich, 2021
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