Section of underground telegraph cable, 1846

Made:: 1846 in United Kingdom

designer:: Edwin Clark

Section of underground telegraph cable, 1846

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Section of underground telegraph cable with case, believed to have been laid from Dumfries to Portpatrick, made by Edwin Clark and Henry Muirhead, British, 1846.

This cable sample is thought to have been taken from an early telegraph cable laid underground between Dumfries and Portpatrick in Scotland. It was designed by Edwin Clark and Henry Muirhead.

Details

Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1989-962

Materials:: wood (unidentified), iron, gutta-percha, clay (unfired) and metal (unknown)

Measurements:: overall (case): 110 mm x 910 mm x 105 mm, 2.78 kg
overall (without case): 1.2 kg

type:: cable

credit:: Donated by Muirhead Vactric Components Limited

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Section of early underground telegraph cable, 1846

Section of early underground telegraph cable, 1846

Section of early underground telegraph cable, believed to have been laid from Dumfries to Portpatrick, made by Edwin Clark and Henry Muirhead, British, 1846.

This cable sample is thought to have been taken from an early telegraph cable laid underground between Dumfries and Portpatrick in Scotland. It was designed by Edwin Clark and Henry Muirhead.

Measurements:: overall: 1.2 kg

Materials:: iron , gutta-percha , clay (unfired) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1989-962/1

type:: cable

Wooden case for section of early underground telegraph cable

case for section of early underground telegraph cable, 1846

Wooden case for section of early underground telegraph cable believed to have been laid from Dumfries to Portpatick, made by Edwin Clark and Henry Muirhead, British, 1846.