The first Atlantic submarine telegraph cable

Inside the Vault @ the Powerhouse Museum - Matthew Connell, Curator of Computing and Mathematics talks about the 'first Atlantic submarine telegraph cable' from the Powerhouse Museum Collection. Powerhouse Museum Collection, Object numbers: H1748, B2158, B1296, 92/1987.

Thank you Darrell from Sunnyside Trinity Bay, Newfoundland for pointing out that the first cable landed at Bay Bulls Arm (now Sunnyside) not Hearts Content .

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• cable
• Communication

[powerhousemuseum]

Thank you Darrell from Sunnyside Trinity Bay, Newfoundland for pointing out that the first cable landed at Bay Bulls Arm (now Sunnyside) not Hearts Content.

[marxman00]

Is that 3 twisted pairs around a solid core? what sort of line driver was used, what sort of receiver, what was method of transmission????? I work in telecomms, this makes no sense !

[marxman00]

Why don't you show us the conductor cores, that's way more interesting ,what sort of insulation did they have in the 1800s,what's the resistance per mile, how can this be possible?????