On View
Not on viewCables
Dateca. 1857
Terms
- Cables
- Brass
- Copper
- Steel
- England
Dimensions7.61 × 2.54 cm (3 × 1 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Wesley P. Wilmot (2001)
Object number2002.9.17
DescriptionSteel, copper, brass; unidentifiable materials. A section of cable, seven copper strands surrounded by insulation and ten steel strands with more insulation, bound at each end with brass collars with applied embossed brass labels reading at one end: "TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION &/ MAINTENANCE COMP: LIMITED" and at the other "CONTRACTORS. LONDON/ ATLANTIC." Sample of the first successful (though short-lived) transatlantic cable.
Object number: PER1316B
Object number: PER154.2.7