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Description
This is a piece of the first transatlantic telegraph cable laid in 1858. The cable's promoter, Cyrus W. Field, sold a length to Tiffany & Co, who cut it up and sold the pieces as souvenirs.
It took several attempts to keep the cable across the Atlantic from breaking and to achieve a quality signal over the long distance.
The band in the middle of the wire reads: "Atlantic Telegraph Cable/Guaranteed by/Tiffany & Co./Broadway, New York, 1858."
About This Item
- Title: Transatlantic telegraph cable fragment, 1858
- Creation Date: 1858
- Subject Date: 1858
- Media: Copper wire, brass, hemp
- Local Code: 2004.001.014b
- Collection: Central Maine Power Company collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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