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      Creator(s):
unknown

Date: 1858 -

Description: Piece of the 1858 Bass Strait telegraph cable. It was found at the Low Head Pilot Station, outside the telegraph operators' room.

Format: realia
Object: cables
Material: steel armour wires;  7 core copper telegraph wires

Titles:
Telegraph Cable

Subjects: cablestelegraphy

Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Object number: GTH_PS0294

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