Sample of submarine telegraph cable, Nantucket, 1858
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Submarine Telegraph Cable laid in 1858. Copper conductor, No. 14 B&S. gauge, gutta-percha insulation with jute wrapping, armor of 12 No. 9 B.&S. gauge iron wires, one leaden weight, and one cast iron weight, cable fastened in slot by wooden wedge. Laid between Nantucket Island and 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.209330
label: catalog number
content: 209330
label: accession number
content: 37531
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: overall: 45 in; x 114.3 cm