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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…

Bullock plough at work. Date and location unknown. Photo purchased at auction in a collection of rural subjects in 1934.

Belt-driven stone crusher with traction engine, with man working and small child in the foreground.

The plough pulled by two steam traction engines positioned at opposite ends of the field. Four men pictured.