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C.S. Stanley Angwin (2,500 tons gross), built for Cable & Wireless by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1952. Seen here on her sea trials in the North Sea.

A detailed diagram of the sea plow on 'Operation Sea Plow'.

PREVREF 1772 duplicate photo

Names on the back:
Summerull, Firmin, Watkins, Maner, ?, Bartlett,
Cleavor, Barlow, Bentley
Talbot, Mockett, Purvis, Hanson, Stevenson

This diagram shows a sectioned specimen of deep-sea, light-weight coaxial cable of the kind likely to be used by Cable & Wireless Ltd. and the Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation in the Anglo-Canadian Telephone Cable in 1961.

The same…

Cable & Wireless granite pyramid marking the 1880 cable landing.

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

From Illustrated London News 25/6/1870

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

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

From Illustrated London News 11/8/1870

Four Cable & Wireless men working on the beach.

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.

Spectators on the cliffs watching Cable & Wireless preparations for the cable landing on Porthcurno Beach. Bulldozers are pictured on the beach.

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…

A Cable & Wireless repeater stack on board ship.

Survey operations in the Mediterranean for Mat 1 telephone cable project. The ship was on charter to Italcable for the work.
The picture shows TV screen showing the sled full of weed on ocean bed.

PREVREF 1733 duplicate photo