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Cable & Wireless Radio Officers Training at Marconi School
Potential Cable & Wireless radio operators training at the Marconi Radio School, Marconi House, Strand, London in 1912. Students sitting at desks, writing and wearing headphones.
(2 copies of photo)
(2 copies of photo)
C & W Morse Sounder & Key on GPO Ships Railways
Typical Morse sounder and single-current key as used by the GPO, railway companies, ship-shore and coastguard stations from the 1880s to 1930s. Note, the metal (usually sheet brass) "reflector" to localise the signal.
C & W Granite Pyramid marking Cable Landing 1880
Cable & Wireless granite pyramid marking the 1880 cable landing.
C & W Men working on Cable on Beach
Four Cable & Wireless men working on the beach.
C & W Buildings & Tunnel Entrance
CABLE AND WIRELESS BUILDINGS
C & W Buildings & Tennis Courts
PRINT OF PART OF SCAPE 8.062
C & W Telegraph Form
Cable & Wireless telegraph form.
C & W Preparations for Cable Landing on Beach
Spectators on the cliffs watching Cable & Wireless preparations for the cable landing on Porthcurno Beach. Bulldozers are pictured on the beach.
C & W C Harper at Local Communications Board
Britains Ocean Telegraph Cables fan out into the Atlantic from the sandy beach of Porthcurno, a Cornish cove near Land's End. These cables, which are linked with the 155,000-mile network owned by Cable & Wireless Ltd., are operated from the company's…
R Angove at C & W Test Bench on Maintenance
Richard Angove at the test bench at Cable & Wireless doing regular maintenance work (routining) on the synchroniser. Drive relays are shown behind two clock controls at the top left of the photograph. The bottom of the clock can be seen between them.
K E Finney adjusting C & W Equipment
Engineer Mr K.E. Finney adjusting the balance on Porgibthree (the No. 3 cable between Porthcurno and Gibraltar). The light reflected from the mirror on the fork coil records the duplex balance disturbance on the scale above.
C & W R G Bell at 110v Generator
Mr R.G. Bell at the 110v motor generator change-over panel. Pictured behind him is 110v mgs, with 10v mgs nearest the camera. On his left is a 110v distribution board. On his right are the main supply switches and battery switchgear. On the extreme…
C & W Repeater Stack On Board Ship
A Cable & Wireless repeater stack on board ship.
C & W Survey Sled On Board C S Recorder
This photograph shows survey operations on board the C.S. Recorder in the Mediterranean for the Mat I telephone cable project. The ship was on charter to Italcable for the work. On the foredeck, you can see the survey sled.
C & W Stanley Angwin Surveying Cable Route
During April 1965, C.S. Stanley Angwin (2,500-ton gross) surveyed the route for the Tortola-Bermuda telephone cable which will provide the northern outlet for the 21-million W.I. dollar project in the Eastern Caribbean to improve inter-island and…