Patent Model - Terminal for Underground-Telegraph Lines
Maker and role
William Patterson (b.1854, d.1916), Patentee
Western Electric Manufacturing Company, Assignee
Production date
Oct 12 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, copper
Measurements
6 1/2 x 15 x 3" (16.5 x 38.1 x 7.6cm)
Description
Patterson's patent cable "consists of insulated wires bound together and drawn within an iron pipe, which may be embedded in the earth or laid under water, and by means of a stand-pipe or otherwise the pipe must always be kept full of oil, and thus the wires are protected." (Patent Number 233,162)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3265a-c
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