Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1856
date: label: Date made
content: 1856
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Submarine Telegraph Cable. Laid in 1856. Solid iron conductor, No. 7 B.&S. gauge, covered with gutta-percha, without armor, brittle and badly cracked. To the cable is fastened one leaden weight, 2 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2 inches in diam. in the center tapering to the ends, with longitudinal slot in which the cable is placed and the lead hammer to tighten it on the cable. Laid between Nantucket Island and the Massachusetts mainland.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.209329
label: catalog number
content: 209329
label: accession number
content: 37531
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Object Name
content: Sample of cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: Cable; Cables and Wires; Lighting Devices; Lighting Devices; Submarine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 1/2 in; x 45.72 cm x 1.27 cm