Submarine telegraph cable, transatlantic

Description

Transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, length of metal, gutta percha and yarn, recovered by cable ship John W. Mackay in 1952 while repairing a modern cable in the mid Atlantic, 1880 - 1910

Museum reference

T.2006.53.1

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Submarine telegraph cable, transatlantic

Date

1880 - 1910

Materials

Metal, Gutta percha, Yarn

Collection place(s)

Atlantic Ocean

Associations

John W. Mackay (cable ship)
Previous owner: Macaskill, Ewen, 1939 - 1952 (fl.)
Atlantic Ocean