Working History — 1879
Cable, telegraph cable
This box contains sections of the submarine telegraph cable laid between Natal and Aden in 1879. These include shore end, intermediate and deep sea sections from the cable that connected Natal and Aden via Delagoa, Mozambique and Zanzibar.
- Category:
- Working History
- Object ID:
- 2003.2/263
- Object name:
- cable, telegraph cable
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
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- Related events:
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- Production date:
- 1879
- Material:
wood, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 115 mm, W 310 mm, D 302 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
BT Connected Earth
- Copyright holder:
BT
- Image credit:
© BT Heritage
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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