Cable sample, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBTERRANEAN/MULTIPLE/STRANDED
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1423.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Commercial Cable Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER CONDUCTORS/ SYNTHETIC INSULATION/ IRON WIRE ARMOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.2 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Commercial
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- Period
- 1885 TO 1915
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONDUCT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON A TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT THUS ALLOWING CODED MESSAGES TO BE SENT & RECEIVED OVER A LONG DISTANCE - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY TELEGRAPH CABLE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 08/21/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Commercial Cable Co., Cable sample, telegraph, circa 1885, Artifact no. 1969.1423, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1423.001/
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