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part of Rugby transatlantic telephone transmitter, 1927-1956

Radio Communication

1927-1956

Part of Rugby transatlantic telephone transmitter, made by Standard Telephones and Cables, New Southgate, England, 1927

Bo-Third Rail No D75S

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1898

Electric locomotive, Waterloo & City Railway, Bo - Third Rail No D75S, built by Siemens Brothers of London in 1898, withdrawn in May 1968.

Telescoped sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Telescoped sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Telescoped sample of twin-core shore end cable used at Bushehr in the Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Telescoped sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushehr (Bushire) in the laying of the Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Short sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of shore end Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Non-loaded earth core Pacific cable, 1926

Telecommunications

1926

Non-loaded earth core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of the Pacific Cable of 1926 ( Shore-end), made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926

Short sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushire in the Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of twin-core shore end used at Bushehr in the laying of the Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Short sample of main Persian Gulf Cable, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Short sample of main Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863

Continuously loaded transmission core Pacific cable, 1926

Telecommunications

1926

Continuously Loaded Transmission Core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of the Pacific Cable of 1926 (Shore-end), made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926

Submerged repeater for TAT-1, 1956

Telecommunications

1956

Sectioned submerged repeater for TAT-1 the first transatlantic telephone cable, designed at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, made by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, Woolwich, London, England, 1956

bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

1881

Brass micrometer, Siemens Bros. and Co. London, no. 152, 1881, with two jaws reading respectively to 1/1000th inch and 1/100th millimetre

Model of Thor Heyerdahl's reed boat 'RA II'

Water Transport

1972

Model of Thor Heyerdahl's reed boat RA II.

Sample of loading coil for Dover - Cap Grisnez submarine telephone cable, 1910

Telecommunications

1910

Sample of Pupin loading coil for Dover - Cap Grisnez submarine telephone cable, probably made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, Woolwich, 1910

Sample of loading coil for Dover - Cap Grisnez submarine telephone cable, 1910

Telecommunications

1910

Sample of Pupin loading coil for Dover - Cap Grisnez submarine telephone cable, probably made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, Woolwich, London, England, 1910

Persian Gulf cable, 1863: engraved label and five

Telecommunications

1863

Engraved plate for five samples of Persian Gulf Cable, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863. Engraved plate reads 'GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. SPECIMENTS OF THE PERSIAN GULF TELEGRAPH CABLE, MANUFACTURED BY W. T. HENLEY, NORTH WOOLWICH, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LIEUT COL P. STEWART. R. E. SIR CHAS BRIGHT AND MR LATIMER CLARK. LENGTH OF CABLE 1420 MILES, WEIGHT 5100 TONS. NO 1 MAIN CABLE, NO 2 SHORE END, NO 3 BUSHIRE SHORE END'.

Samples of Persian Gulf cable plus engraved label, 1863

Telecommunications

1863

Five samples of Persian Gulf telegraph cable plus engraved label, made by W T Henley's Telegraph Works Company Limited, North Woolwich, London, England, 1863. Samples are telescoped twin core shore end cable, short twin core shore end cable, telescoped Bushire shore end cable, short Bushire shore end cable, and short main cable. Engraved plate reads 'GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. SPECIMENS OF THE PERSIAN GULF TELEGRAPH CABLE, MANUFACTURED BY W. T. HENLEY, NORTH WOOLWICH, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LIEUT COL P. STEWART. R. E. SIR CHAS BRIGHT AND MR LATIMER CLARK. LENGTH OF CABLE 1420 MILES, WEIGHT 5100 TONS. NO 1 MAIN CABLE, NO 2 SHORE END, NO 3 BUSHIRE SHORE END'.

bench micrometer

Industrial Metrology

c. 1882

Brass micrometer by Siemens Bros & Co.,London; No 236 with two independentjaws readingto 1/100mm and 1/1000 inch respectively; c1882.

Two shore-end cable samples and telegraph recorder tape, 1926

Telecommunications

1926

Shore-end Cable Samples and Telegraph Recorder Tape from the laying of the 1926 Pacific Cable, made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926. Recovered from Suva Point Cable House, Fiji, in 1956

Woolwich Fair London

Photographs

1995

Photograph by David Trainer: Woolwich Fair London, 1995.