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French–Atlantic Cable Company Testing Room
Photographer: Byron Hooks
Taken: September 5, 2014
Caption: French–Atlantic Cable Company Testing Room
Additional Description: This room contains equipment that was used to determine the location of a fault or break in the cable. Some of the equipment is still operational and can be demonstrated. The device in the center (above the ruler) of the table is a Wheatstone bridge used to calculate the distance to where the undersea cable was broken.
Submitted: September 29, 2014, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p287370
File Size: 0.161 Megabytes

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