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

Description

One of a group of eleven specimens illustrating the method of jointing the core of the Atlantic cable laid in 1866 - a joint tested to destruction

Museum reference

T.1933.177.4

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

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

Date

1866

Associations

Laying of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable