Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable 1857
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Company's works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha, resin from the Isonandra Gutta tree, provided an ideal insulating waterproof for the cable
Picture No
10216142
Media ID
46008406
Size
5556px x 3920px
(5.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated London News', 14 March 1857, page 243
Date
1857
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