General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COPPER WIRE; GUTTA-PERCHA

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

17.0 cm

Width

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Height

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Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1850'S

Canada

FIRST STRANDED SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE USED IN CANADA TO CONNECT NEWFOUNDLAND TO NOVA SCOTIA. DONATED TO NRC BY D. MCNICOL, 1934. NRC CARD READS: 'STRANDED SUBMARINE CABLE. SIX-INCH SECTION OF THE FIRST STRANDED CONDUCTOR SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE, GUTTA-PERCHA INSULATED. IT WAS LAID DOWN BETWEEN CAPE RAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND ASPEY BAY, CAPE BRETON IN 1856, BY F.N. GISBORNE, OF CANADA. THE CABLE WAS MADE IN ENGLAND. IT WAS NOT LONG IN OPERATION, ITS INSULATION WAS SOON DESTROYED BY UNDER-SEA ABRASIVES. THIS SPECIMEN WAS ON THE OCEAN'S BOTTOM FIFTY YEARS AND WAS FISHED UP BY A SCHOONER'S ANCHOR.'

Function

TO TRANSFER ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN A TELEGRAPH SYSTEM UNDERWATER, THUS ALLOWING MESSAGES TO BE SENT & RECEIVED OVER A LONG DISTANCE.

Technical

FIRST STRANDED CONDUCTOR SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE, GUTTA-PERCHA INSULATED EVER USED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

none apparent

Finish

BROWN COVERING

Decoration

N/A