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Control Console & Teleprinters Relay Room at Porthcurno Cable Station
A general view of the main cable relay equipment room at Porthcurno Cable Station, looking west and showing the control consul, monitoring teleprinters, etc. in the foreground.
Richard Angove at Cable & Wireless Supervisor's Desk
Richard Angove sitting at Supervisor's Desk at Cable & Wireless, Porthcurno, surrounded by equipment.
Operator Servicing Equipment
An operator servicing the equipment at Cable & Wireless.
Sea Plow Cutting Trench for Cable
The Cable & Wireless sea plow at work cutting a trench for the cable on the seabed.
Cable & Wireless Copyright
Cable & Wireless Copyright
Loading Cable on CS Mercury
This photograph shows a man loading cable in one of the three tanks on C.S. Mercury.
Cable & Wireless Copyright
Cable & Wireless Copyright
Equipment at Cable & Wireless, Porthcurno with Richard Angove
Richard Angove at Supervisor's table at Cable & Wireless, Porthcurno.
Equipment at Cable & Wireless, Porthcurno
Equipment at Porthcurno
C & W Staff in Tunnel on Closure 31.12.70
PREVREF 1733 duplicate photo
Morse Key & Operator. Galvanometer
Ladies operating a single-current Morse key. Note the 'sounder' backed by a reflecting device to localise the sound. In front of the key can be seen instruments for adjusting the signals and a galvanometer which indicates the presence or otherwise of…
Cable & Wireless Cable on Sea Bed off Bermuda
This photograph shows submarine telephone cable (shore end) on the seabed off Bermuda, part of the Canberra Project.
Drawing of PO Telegraph Office Late 19th Cent
Telegraph Office, Telegraph Street, London, EC1. The Metropolitan Gallery, 1871.
Typical Post Office telegraph office of the late 19th century. This is the Metropolitan Gallery at Telegraph Street, London EC1. Some of the positions have Morse…
Typical Post Office telegraph office of the late 19th century. This is the Metropolitan Gallery at Telegraph Street, London EC1. Some of the positions have Morse…
Hawker Siddley Transformer on Wynns Transporter, Penzance, 1971
Wynns Transporter negotiating the Greenmarket, top of Market Jew street, Penzance.
First British Rail-less Trolley Car, 1909
This was an experimental vehicle & never entered Public Service PREVREF 1680 duplicate photo
