Composite Cable Section
A sample of a composite cable, made of steel and synthetic strands – origin unknown but perhaps intended for mining hoists.
Tag: cable
Steel Cable Section
A section of a steel cable, showing how different shapes of wire interlock to make up the complete cable.
1865 Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
A section of the 1865 transatlantic telegraph cable, laid by Brunel’s Great Britain steamship – the cable snapped in mid-Atlantic, but the end was recovered and spliced into a new cable in 1866.