Cable, telegraph / piece

Description

Small piece of Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857

Museum reference

T.1925.71 A

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Cable, telegraph / piece

Production information

Gutta Percha Company, Maker
London, England, Northern Europe
R.S. Newall and Co. (Gateshead), Maker
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1857

Materials

Metal

Associations

Atlantic Ocean

Exhibitions

• Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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