Archive For Col. Charles A. Ranlett – Section of the 1st Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable

This section of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable came from the Col. Ranlett auction, and may be an item collected either by the colonel or his grandfather Charles A. Ranlett, Jr. (A famous ship captain and ship builder).  The section is a bit over an inch high, and labeled with old paper and red ink, “Piece of first Atlantic cable