section of first telegraph cable, 1837
- maker:
- William Fothergill Cooke and
- CHARLES WHEATSTONE
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Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837.
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Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837. Three
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Piece of the original telegraph line laid down by Mr W. F. Cooke between Euston Square and Camden Town, 1837. Detail
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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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Science Museum: Information Age Gallery: Cable
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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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