Cross-section of transcontinental telegraph system pole

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Object Details

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

from Western Union Corporation

date made

1861

ID Number

EM.332787

catalog number

332787

accession number

294351

collector/donor number

100-126

Object Name

telegraph pole

Measurements

overall: 1 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 13.335 cm

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Work and Industry: Electricity

Transcontinental Railroad

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-c4ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1368496