Cable, telephone / piece, sectioned

Description

Sectioned piece of the concentric trunk telephone cable, made by Standard Telephone and Cables, laid between London and Oban for T.A.T.1, mounted vertically in a glass tube on a wooden base, 1955

Museum reference

T.1962.3

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Cable, telephone / piece, sectioned

Production information

Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd, Maker
United Kingdom, Northern Europe

Date

1955

Materials

Metal, Plastic, Glass, Wood

Associations

London, England, Northern Europe
Oban, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Cold War

Exhibitions

• Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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