Accession No

3828

Brief Description

two pieces of telegraph cable, (one) by Ferranti, 1865-1890

Origin

England

Maker

Ferranti

Class

electrical; physics

Earliest Date

1865

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

metal (copper, iron); resin; paper; rope (cord); plastic (ivorine); wood; glass

Dimensions

box length 260mm; breadth 170mm; height 90mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 11/02/1992.

Inscription

‘THE FIRST
ATLANTIC CABLE
LAID IN 1865 BY THE
GREAT EASTERN’ (box)
‘FERRANTI
10 K.V. CABLE
LAID AT DEPTFORD
IN 1890’ (box)
‘SECTION OF FERRANTI’S 10 K.V. CABLE
DEPTFORD 1890
IN USE UNTIL 1933’ (on cable)

Description Notes

Wooden box with glazed top with supports for the cables.

Deptford cable has copper core coated with paper soaked in ozokerite (waste product from candle-making). Further copper layer, another paper layer and outer coating of iron.

Atlantic cable has metals cores coated in black resin. Bound with string.

Condition good; complete

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