Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
- Made:
- 1863-7 in United Kingdom
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Sectioned sample of gutta percha insulated cable in cast iron pipe, from Gloucester, unknown maker, British, 1863-1867.
Sectioned sample of gutta percha insulated cable in cast iron pipe, from Gloucester, unknown maker, British, 1863-1867.
This telegraph cable was excavated in Gloucester in 1959, and dates from the mid 1860s. It contains 12 gutta-percha covered copper wires, and is contained within a cast iron conduit with interlocking upper and lower portions. The wire weighed 40 lbs per mile.
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- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1970-492
- Materials:
- copper (metal), gutta-percha and iron
- Measurements:
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overall: 50 mm x 195 mm x 70 mm, 1.1kg
- type:
- cable
- credit:
- Donated by Post Office Telecommunications Headquarters
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