Specimen of Porthcurno shore end cable

Made:: 1887

Four inch long specimen Porthcurno shore end cable

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Four inch long specimen Porthcurno shore end cable
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Four inch long specimen Porthcurno shore end cable. Cable laid between Porthcurno - Lisbon in 1887 by cable ship Scotia

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1970-262

type:: telegraph cable

credit:: Borough of Hove (Libraries & Museum Dept.)

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