Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing

Made:
circa 1943 in unknown place
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Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing, and crystal box containing flakes from cable, unknown maker, 1940-1950

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
2004-179
Materials:
copper (alloy), glass, metal (unknown) and paint
Measurements:
overall: 1138 mm x 360 mm x 360 mm, 108.5 kg
type:
thermionic valve
credit:
Donated by BT Heritage and Archives

Parts

Submarine cable telephone repeater, 1940-1950

Submarine cable telephone repeater, 1940-1950

Submarine cable telephone repeater less outer casing, unknown maker, 1940-1950.

More

This was the world's first submarine telephone cable repeater to use thermionic valves. It was inserted in the in the cable across the Irish Sea that connected Anglesey and the Isle of Man.

Measurements:
overall: 1138 mm x 360 mm x 360 mm, 108.5 kg
Materials:
copper (alloy) , paint , glass and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
2004-179/1
type:
thermionic valve
Flakes from submarine cable telephone

Flakes from submarine cable telephone

Flakes from submarine cable telephone, unknown maker, 1940-1950. In crystal box

Object Number:
2004-179/2
type:
thermionic valve
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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