Specimen of telephone cable from the London to Birmingham link
- Made:
- 1898
Specimen of telephone cable from the London to Birmingham link, 1898. Consists of forty pairs of paper insulated copper wires bound in lead outer cladding.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 2014-440
- Materials:
- lead (metal), copper (metal) and paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 900 mm 15 mm, 9.28 kg
- type:
- cable sample
- copyright:
- BT Heritage and Archives
- credit:
- Unknown source