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: J945.10

: Industrial and Maritime History

: telegraph cable

: Short section of what is thought to be transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, with wire bound ends. Single copper strand in a single core centrally, embedded in gutta percha with 10 steel shielding wires. 87mm long