section of first telegraph cable, 1837
- maker:
- William Fothergill Cooke and
- CHARLES WHEATSTONE









Piece of the original telegraph line laid down between Euston Square and Camden Town, made by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, England, 1837.
This is a piece of the original telegraph line laid down by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, between Euston Square and Camden Town in 1837. It was dug up about 30 years later.
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Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1867-37
- Materials:
- copper (alloy) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- cable
- taxonomy:
-
- credit:
- Donated by the Electric and International Telegraph Company
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