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

Description

One of a group of eleven specimens illustrating the method of jointing the core of the Atlantic cable laid in 1866 - the first layer of gutta-percha insulation applied

Museum reference

T.1933.177.6

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

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

Date

1866

Physical description

Gutta-percha insulation

Associations

Laying of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable