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Submarine Telegraph Cable Coaxial


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      Creator(s):
unknown

Date: 1885 -

Description: Submarine telegraph cable coaxial, circa 1885, with steel armour, tared hemp, brass tape and insulated 7 core copper wire. This piece was recovered from East Beach, Low Head, in 1980.

Format: realia
Object: submarine cables
Material: steel;  hemp;  brass;  copper

Titles:
Submarine Telegraph Cable Coaxial

Subjects: submarine cables

Places: Low Head, Tasmania

Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Object number: GTH_PS0247

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