Picture No | 10216142 |
Date | 1857 |
Description | Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable 1857 |
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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.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 14 March 1857, page 243 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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