1866 Reuters Anglo Prussian Telegraph Cable Sample

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For sale, a very rare and large commemorative shore end section of 1866 Anglo-Prussian telegraph cable by The Reuters Telegraph Company Limited.

This museum quality piece is comprised of four copper conductor core surrounded by gutta percha and tarred hemp. The shore end cable was also surrounded with numerous galvanised iron wires which would have been further wrapped in hemp.

A stamped ferrule or collar surrounds the tip and the base.

The tip states: “Reuters, Anglo-Prussian Telegraph Cable”

The base states: “Shore End. Length 20 miles, weight 400 tons. Laid September 1866”

The Reuters Telegraph Company Limited was formally established in 1865 by Paul Julius Reuter. Born in Germany in 1816, Reuter’s initial career was in banking but in 1847 he began a short-lived partnership with Joseph A Stargardt after the pair took over the Berlin publishing business of Johann Carl Klage. The company was involved in the publishing of radial pamphlets around the time of 1848 revolution which swept through Europe, and

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Category Scientific Antiques Period Mid Victorian Antiques Material Brass Origin English Item code as542a863 Status Sold

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