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same wreck: see WRECK 8.031

General view of Falmouth Docks looking down from Marine Drive. "King Alfred" in the Queen Elizabeth dock with a backdrop of tug St Merryn nudging bulk carrier "Captain Carras" into position for docking.

The Pentewan Railway. The harbour terminus pictured at the turn of the 20th century. Note on the extreme right the china clay loading chutes which were lowered into the holds of the waiting ships. horse-drawn wagon fro the 'dries' north and west of…

Ships in Penzance floating dock.

Dresssed overall for royal occasion. If it is 1903, it could be a celebration of 40 years of marriage of Edward and Alexandra. He died in 1910.
Clark's Library, Chirgwin's, A H Michell & Sons, drapers. Site became Timothy Whites, then became Top…

SEACOM 2 Shore and operation at Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong.
This picture shows the end of the trench showing the entry into the manhole. One cable already fitted with articulated piping. Ships crew left-right: Honorio Perez and Angel Chapelo.

During the second week in May, CS Recorder (3,349 tons) laid shore-ends at Jesselton of the Jesselton - Singapore section of the South East Asia Commonwealth telephone cable (SEACOM).
This picture shows: passing the Jesselton-Singapore shore end…

Shore-end of a cable being floated in on drums at Cable & Wireless in Porthcurno. Ship in the distance and three men on the shore, two of whom are digging.

The shore-end of a cable being landed at Porthcurno (Cable & Wireless), shown with line of men digging trench on shore.

White Arsenic