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C & W Cable from CS Monarch in Trench on Beach
Engineers from the Plymouth Area THQ Marine Branch landing a shore-end at Porthcurno (Cornwall) from the cable ship Monarch.
C & W Cable in Trench on Porthcurno Beach
C.S Retriver (4,000 tons) laid the shoe-end section of the Auckland/Sydney and Auckland/Suva sections of the Commonwealth Pacific Cable, which stretches from Vancouver in Canada to Sydney in Australia via Suva and Auckland in NZ.
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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.
Engineers landing Cable at Porthcurno CS Monarch
Engineers from the Plymouth Area and Post Office's THQ Marine Branch landing the shore-end from HMTS Monarch (CS, if preferred) on Porthcurno Beach on 2 October 1979.
General View of Praa Sands
View of the western end of Praa Sands.
Group of 22 Naval General Groups BT TVLC on belt
Men in uniform on beach with cart and horse. Men have belts reading BT TVLC with crown insignia.
Group of men and boys pictured on the beach opposite the Fishermans Arms Inn.
This was during the building of the cliff wall to support the road at Fore Street, Newlyn.
Pleasure Boats on beach at Newquay
Pleasure boats on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall.
Porthchapel
Porthchapel Beach, near St. Levan
Portscatho
Beach and Village.
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in St. Burra near Bodmin
With a hand written message in ink to the reverse of the postcard to a recipient in St. Burra near Bodmin
Scillonian aground during wartime
Scillonian aground during wartime (see SHIP 4.030)
Shore-end of C & W Cable at Hong Kong
SEACOM 2 Shore and operation at Deep Water Bay, Hong Kong.
This picture shows the end of the trench showing the entry into the manhole. One cable already fitted with articulated piping. Ships crew left-right: Honorio Perez and Angel Chapelo.
This picture shows the end of the trench showing the entry into the manhole. One cable already fitted with articulated piping. Ships crew left-right: Honorio Perez and Angel Chapelo.
Team of Oxen towing implement Mevagissey
Team of oxen working on Bodrugan Farm at Portmellon near Mevagissey, with the beach in the background.
Bodrugan Farm PREVREF 2199 duplicate
Bodrugan Farm PREVREF 2199 duplicate
The Beach and Harbour, Port Issac, North Cornwall
General View