Sectioned sample of Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
date: label: date made
content: 1857
name: label: maker
content: Glass, Elliot, & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Old display label: "Sample of the very first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable of 1858. The gutta percha core produced by the Gutta Percha Company, London and outer sheathings divided equally by Glass Elliot & Company of Greenwich and R.S. Newall & Company, Berkenhead. The successful laying expedition was in 1858 but cable was short lived. Communication actually lasted only twenty days."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. J. R. Morris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.MHI-I-8544
label: accession number
content: 323571
label: catalog number
content: MHI-I-8544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cable sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 1.905 cm