Richard Angove at Cable & Wireless Cable Chain Countrol Console
Equipment
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Richard Angove pictured at Porthcurno cable station (Cable & Wireless). This is a view of the cable chain control console. Teleprinters (Creed 75s), tape-readers and Creed Autos for monitoring purposes are centrally situated. Cable relay equipment is remotely situated on either side of the instrument room.
Photo by courtesy of Cable & Wireless
Angove
Morrab Library
1960
Morrab Library
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COMM 6.009
Porthcurno
Cable & Wireless Cable Chain Relay Comm. & Test Equipment
Equipment
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 equipment ceased commercial use in 1970.
Angove
Morrab Library
1960
Morrab Library
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COMM 6.010
Porthcurno
Dish Aerial at Goonhilly
Earth Station
Aerial
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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.
Photo courtesy of British Telecom.
Angove
Morrab Library
1970
Morrab Library
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COMM 6.011
Goonhilly
Holborn Manual Exchange 1904
Telephone Exchange
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Women workers in telephone exchange (Holborn Manual Exchange)
Angove
Morrab Library
1904
BRITISH TELECOM
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COMM 8.035
Holborn
Telephone Operator at Switchboard c1900
Telephone Exchange
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Telephone operator at switchboard c. 1900.
Angove
Morrab Library
c. 1900
General Post Office
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COMM 8.037