Sample of submarine telephone cable, Mystic, Conn.
date: label: date made
content: 1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Submarine cable armored with steel wires-has 6 copper conductors-solid conductors, laid across Martha's Vineyard in 1900. This sample has been sliced diagonally into two pieces to better show the internal structure.
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.209424.02
label: accession number
content: 37605
label: catalog number
content: 209424.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cables
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Object Type
content: cable
label: Other Terms
content: Cables; Cables and Wires; Submarine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tied (?? connector/connecting technique)
label: Measurements
content: .02: 10 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: original overall: 38 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 98.425 cm x 3.81 cm