Cable sample, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMARINE/SINGLE
- DATE
- 1858
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0366.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- TRANSATLANTIC CABLE 1858
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER WIRE CONDUCTOR/ METAL RODS/ GUTTA PERCHA INSULATION/ WOOD PLAQUE/ COPPER IDENTIFICATION PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- 1858
- Canada
-
ESTABLISHED A TRANSATLANTIC LINK WITH IRELAND, ALTHOUGH SHORT-LIVED/ 1866 CABLE PROVED MORE SUCCESSFUL - Function
-
VEHICLE BY WHICH MESSAGES ARE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE OCEAN - Technical
-
ILLUSTRATES DEVELOPMENTOF CABLES TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMASSOCIATED FORA TRANSATLANTIC LINK - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'THE TRANSATLANTIC CABLE 1858/' ON IDENTIFICATION PLATE UNDER SAMPLE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- STAINED WOOD
- Decoration
- BEVELLED PLAQUE EDGES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cable sample, telegraph, circa 1858, Artifact no. 1976.0366, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0366.001/
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