Western Electric submarine telephone cable sample, cut to show construction; mounted on a metal base. Metal plate attached, engraved "Submarine Telephone Cable, Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket, Laid August, 1916 by New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, made by Western Electric Company."
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: 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.303669
label: catalog number
content: 303669
label: accession number
content: 62631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable, Telephone
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: Cable, Telephone; Cables and Wires; Submarine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 2 in; x 31.75 cm x 5.08 cm