Cable sample, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMARINE/MULTIPLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1428.003
- MANUFACTURER
- SILVERTOWN TELEGRAPH WORKS
- MODEL
- 790
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER CONDUCTORS/ GUTTA PERCHA INSULATION/ HEMP COVER/ STEEL ARMOUR/ TARRED HEMP COVER/ BRASS RINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- SILVERTOWN
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONDUCT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON A TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT UNDER WATER THUS ALLOWING MESSAGES TO BE SENT AND RECEIVED OVER A LONG DISTANCE. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY TELEGRAPH SUBMARINE CABLES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON BRASS RING: 'SILVERTOWN/ TELEGRAPH WORKS/ LONDON'/ STAMPED ON RING: '790'
- Missing
- From CA of 08/22/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK OUTSIDE/ POLISHED BRASS RINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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SILVERTOWN TELEGRAPH WORKS, Cable sample, telegraph, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.1428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1428.003/
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