Cable sample, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBMARINE/MULTIPLE
- DATE
- 1858
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0369.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HENLEY'S, W.T. TELEGRAPH WORKS CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Blomfield, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER STRIP CONDUCTORS/ GUTTA PERCHA INSULATION/ BRASS HOLDER FOR CABLE/ METAL DISPLAY HOLDER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.7 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HENLEY
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Blomfield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- 1858
- Canada
-
ESTABLISHED A TRANSATLANTIC LINK WITH IRELAND ALTHOUGH SHORT-LIVED/ 1866 CABLE PROVED MORE SUCCESSFUL - Function
-
VEHICLE BY WHICH MESSAGES ARE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE OCEAN - Technical
-
ILLUSTRATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CABLES TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSATLANTIC LINK - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON OUTER METAL HOLDER 'HENLEY'SLONDON'/ ON BRASS 'HENLEY'S/ 1194/ R'/ TAG: 'ATLANTIC CABLE/1858'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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HENLEY'S, W.T. TELEGRAPH WORKS CO., Cable sample, telegraph, circa 1858, Artifact no. 1969.0369, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0369.001/
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