Instructions for use
Select an object to view from the list below. To rotate either click on the rotate icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the image or click and drag within the object window.
Section of Dover to Calais cable, 1851
Radio coherer-detector, c. 1901
Cable code key
Globe Ashtray
Crystal Detector
Baby Turtle
Grapnel
Wheatstone auto-transmitter, late 19th century
Section of deep sea cable
This baby turtle was collected by a member of telegraph staff on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. As well as being an important cable station en route from Europe to South America, the island is well-known as a turtle breeding ground as well as a sanctuary for many migrating birds.