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Transatlantic Cable, 1926

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Artifact Overview

This cable is part of a display of transatlantic telegraph cables dating from 1858-1928. This cable section was part of a system laid from Sennen Cove, England, to Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, in Canada in 1926.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Transatlantic cable

Date Made

1926

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2016.0.33.1.9

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wire
Metal

Color

Black (Color)
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Length: 12 in
Diameter: 1 in

Inscriptions

stamped in black on ferrule: 1926