Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable

Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable

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Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable, supposed to have been used at the 1851 Exhibition.

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Category:
Electricity Supply
Object Number:
1913-233
type:
armoured cable
credit:
General Post Office

Parts

Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable, supposed to have been used at the 1851 Exhibition. The conductors consist of three large solid copper rods embedded in insulating material, the whole being protected by a heavy outer sheath.

Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable

Specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable, supposed to have been used at the 1851 Exhibition. The conductors consist of three large solid copper rods embedded in insulating material, the whole being protected by a heavy outer sheath.

Object Number:
1913-233/1
type:
armoured cable
Single stranded conductor from a specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable, supposed to have been used at the 1851 Exhibition.

Single conductor form a specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable

Single stranded conductor from a specimen of a 3 wire armoured cable, supposed to have been used at the 1851 Exhibition.

Object Number:
1913-233/2
type:
conductor