Specimen of 1850 submarine telegraph cable

Specimen of 1850 submarine telegraph cable

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Specimen of 1850 submarine telegraph cable
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Specimen of 1850 submarine telegraph cable

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Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
1964-85
type:
cable
credit:
BT Museum; General Post Office

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