Cable sample, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUBTERRANEAN/MULTIPLE
- DATE
- 1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1427.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER CONDUCTORS/ GLASS INSULATORS/ LEAD PIPE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 3.9 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Period
- 1880'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CARRY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BETWEEN TWO POINTS ON A TELEGRAPH CIRCUITUNDERGROUND THUS ALLOWING MESSAGES TO BE SENT AND RECEIVED OVER A LONG DISTANCE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST MULTIPLE CONDUCTOR CABLESUSED FOR UNDERGROUND PURPOSES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '34' SCRATCHED ON LEAD COVER/ LABEL WITH '21' AFFIXED TO PIPE
- Missing
- From CA of 08/22/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cable sample, telegraph, circa 1880, Artifact no. 1969.1427, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1427.001/
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