Sample of four-core telegraph cable connecting Vancouver Island with the mainland

Made:: 1904 in unknown place

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Sample of four-core telegraph cable connecting Vancouver Island with the mainland, unknown maker, 1904

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1986-743

Materials:: copper (alloy), metal (unknown) and tar

Measurements:: overall: 25 mm 55 mm, .18 kg

type:: cable

credit:: Donated by W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd.

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Sample of four-core telegraph cable connecting Vancouver Island with the mainland

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