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Arthur Thomas, Sidney Chappell, Terence McClary, John Richards, William Harvey, Richard Angove and Robert Kiddell.

Photo of engraving titled 'Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar, off the Isle of Pantellaria'.

From Illustrated London News 11/8/1870

Photo of engraving titled 'Landing the cable at Porthcurnew [sic] Bay'.

From Illustrated London News 25/6/1870

Photo of engraving of The Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Mediterranean Telegraph titled 'The Cliffs at Porthcurnew Bay, Cornwall'.

From Illustrated London News 25/6/1870. See PREVREF 1786 & 1743

Porthcurno cable station (Cable & Wireless). View of cable chain relay equipment with commutation panels and test equipment. In the foreground, one 'wing' of the control console can be seen (bottom right) with FMVM panels in the centre rear. This…

Engineers from the Plymouth area T.H.Q. Marine Branch landing a new shore end of a telephone cable at Porthcurno.

General view of one of the many engineering training departments showing telegraph relay equipment for student training at the Cable & Wireless Engineering College in Porthcurno.

Engineers from the Plymouth Area THQ Marine Branch landing a shore-end at Porthcurno (Cornwall) from the cable ship Monarch.

Cable & Wireless buildings in Porthcurno, with corn in the field in the background.

This dish is 90-feet across and is 'locked' onto a satellite 23,000 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. The surface of the dish is polished aluminium. The faint signals are reflected onto the centre of the tripod can be seen built onto the dish.

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Loco 7031 built in 1950 for £11,640 & scrapped after 150000 miles, 1963

Bathing tents on Porthminster beach
Engine No. 4370

Water Tower Signal Box & Engine Shed

Built by Sharp Stewart & Co acquired by South Devon Railway in 1872 transferred to GWR 1876 withdrawn 1889

Ex GWR Panniers 4554 & 4568 take the St Ives section up the bank from Lelant to St Ives.

GWR Road Motor Cars Land Cruises were a GWR innovation of the 1920s.This Thorneycroft (Fleet No 1299) awaits passengers at The Queens Hotel for a trip to Lands End & St Ives summer 1928

Solid Tyred Vehicle Conductors Ticket Punch
Chassis no: 1788, Reg: LC 6706
PREVREF 1804 duplicate