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Category
Telecommunications
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Collection
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
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Maker
Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited
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Francis Robert Lucas
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Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited; Lucas, Francis Robert
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Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited; Unknown maker
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Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Ltd.; Webster & Horsfall
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W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited; Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Limited
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Science Museum
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Information Age Gallery: Cable
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Object type
cable
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samples
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grapnel
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Place
Greenwich
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Greenwich borough
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Greenwich, Greenwich borough, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Greenwich borough, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Greenwich, Greenwich borough, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; United Kingdom
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Material
copper (alloy)
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gutta-percha
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metal (unknown)
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iron
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steel (metal)
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textile
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brass (copper, zinc alloy)
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cement
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copper (metal)
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glass
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Sample of submarine telegraph cable, 1866
1866
Atlantic cable specimen, 1865
1865
Specimens of Pacific cable in glazed presentation case, 1902-1923
1902-1923
Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960
1888-1960
Sample of transatlantic cable, 1865-66
1865-1866
Sample of the 1865/66 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
1865
Samples of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end)
1865
1866 transatlantic cable samples
1866