Telegraph cable

Description

Specimen of 5-wire telegraph cable in wood - one of two pieces of Cooke and Wheatstone's first working telegraph, London, 1837

Museum reference

T.1858.288.1.1

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Telegraph cable

Production information

London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1837

Materials

Wood, Copper

Physical description

Wood, copper

Associations

Inventor: Cooke, William Fothergill, Sir, 1806 - 1879
Inventor: Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802 - 1875