Submarine telephone cable sample - Martha's Vineyard to Mainland
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
label: associated date
content: 1900
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Submarine telephone cable, cut to show construction, mounted on a metal base. Metal plate attached engraved - "Submarine telephone cable, Martha's Vineyard to Mainland, laid August, 1916, by New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Made by Western Electric Company." Cable is double armored with steel wire and also a lead sheath - about 16 to 20 conductors using paper insulation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.303668
label: catalog number
content: 303668
label: accession number
content: 62631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: Cable; Cables and Wires; Submarine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 3 in; x 31.75 cm x 7.62 cm