Collection

Set of seven cable samples and corresponding cable stubs

PART OF:
Collection of telecommunications operated in the Manchester area
Made:
circa 1865
Set of seven cable samples and corresponding cable stubs

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Set of seven cable samples and corresponding cable stubs
Science Museum Group Collection
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Set of seven cable samples and corresponding cable stubs, some used in Manchester by the Universal Private Telegraph Company and made in around 1865.

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
Y1999.2.6
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Measurements:
stubs: 37 mm,
samples: 245 mm, 20 mm,
type:
telegraph cable
credit:
British Telecommunications Museum

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