Sample of wire from Collins Overland telegraph line
date: label: date made
content: 1865
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A piece of the Collins Overland telegraph line, folded into the shape of a pretzel. This project was an attempt to link North America with Europe via a telegraph line running through Alaska and across Russia. The project was abandoned when the transatlantic submarine telegraph line was completed.
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-8534
label: accession number
content: 323571
label: catalog number
content: MHI-I-8534
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Line Section, Telegraph, 1st Overland
label: Object Name
content: wire sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 1/8 in; 60.96 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: folded: 5 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm