Specimen / cable, telegraph / method / jointing / core / conduct

Description

One of a group of eleven specimens illustrating the method of jointing the core of the Atlantic cable laid in 1866 - the end of a cable conductor scarfed and tinned ready for soldering

Museum reference

T.1933.177.1 A

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Specimen / cable, telegraph / method / jointing / core / conduct

Date

1866

Physical description

Tinned conductor

Associations

Laying of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable