Sample of submarine telephone cable, Mystic, Conn.
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1897
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Submarine Telephone Cable used in river crossings, 1895-1900. Section with 60 pairs No. 19 copper conductors, "kerite" insulation with iron armor used at Mystic, CT 1895-1900. One end layered to show construction. 60 pair copper conductors.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from George C. Maynard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.209424.01
label: catalog number
content: 209424.01
label: accession number
content: 37605
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: original overall: 38 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 98.425 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: .01: 28 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 72.39 cm x 3.81 cm