Specimen of Atlantic submarine telegraph cable
date: label: date made
content: 1858
name: label: Maker
content: Glass, Elliot, & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This appears to be a section of the 1858 Atlantic submarine telegraph cable. A stranded copper core, rubber insulated and surrounded by a cloth cover, jute wrap, and steel armor wires. Bound with electrical tape. No extant maker's markings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.331789
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 331789
label: accession number
content: 294351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable Sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: jute (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 36.195 cm x 2.2225 cm