Items tagged submarine cables in MV Collections
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Deep Sea, Date Unknown
This is a section of a deep sea telegraph submarine cable. The central conductor is surrounded by insulation, brass tape , more insulation, armouring wires, and an outer protective cove ...
From: South Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, First Atlantic, Candlestick, 1857-1858
Sample of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. Fittings at each end of the sample allow it to be used as a candlestick. The first attempt t ...
From: Gateshead, United Kingdom Images: 0 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Intermediate, Date Unknown
Section of an intermediate submarine telegraph cable. The central conductor is surrounded by insulation, brass tape , more insulation, armouring wires, and an outer protective covering. ...
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Electrical Tester - Submarine Cable, before 1880
Instrument used for electrical testing of submarine telegraph cables, probably prior to 1880.
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Date Unknown
This is a section of the shore end of a submarine telegraph cable. The shore-ends of a telegraph cable could extend several miles from land on either coast. Shore-end cable was manufac ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Cable Samples - Submarine Telegraph, Red Sea & India, 1858
Samples from Red Sea to India submarine telegraph cable of 1858/59. In 1858 the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company was formed to connect India to London, a concession having been obta ...
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, 1857-1858
Section of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. The first attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable took place in 1857 but ...
From: Gateshead, United Kingdom Images: 1 -
Cable Samples - Submarine Telegraph, Victoria & Tasmania, 1875 to 1905
A short section of telegraph cable used between Victoria and Tasmania, 1875-1905, including fragments of cable covering
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Deep Sea, Date Unknown
This cable sample shows the structure of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1866. Although donated by S. W. Silver and Company, the cable sample matches the description of ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 1 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Shore End, Date Unknown
This is a section of the shore end of a submarine telegraph cable. The shore-ends of a telegraph cable could extend several miles from land on either coast. Shore-end cable was manufac ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 1
