Submarine telegraph cable

Description

One of two pieces of submarine telegraph cable of shore end type laid in 1885 in the Persian Gulf, one piece dissected to show layers, made for the Persian Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1885

Museum reference

T.1885.132 A

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Submarine telegraph cable

Date

1885

Materials

Metal, Gutta percha, Hemp

Physical description

Metal, gutta percha, hemp

Associations

Previous owner: Indo-European Telegraph Department
Persian Gulf