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Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co.
Image: Cable Samples - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Four Sections, 1865
Source: Museum Victoria
The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company was formed in April 1864 by the merger of the Gutta Percha Company with Glass, Elliot, and Company. Its first big job was laying a trans-Atlantic cable between Ireland and Newfoundland for the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The first attempt in 1865 failed but success occurred in 1866. In addition, in 1866 the 1865 cable was recovered and repaired, providing two operational cables.
The company went on to lay many more cables all over the world. It was taken over by British Insulated Callender's Cables in 1959.
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Cable Samples - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Four Sections, 1865
Four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865. The length of the cable was about 2300 nautical miles. The four objects include two sections of the main cable an ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 7 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, 1857-1858
Section of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. The first attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable took place in 1857 but ...
From: Gateshead, United Kingdom Images: 1 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Ireland & Newfoundland, 1857
Section of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857/58. The first attempt to lay a trans-Atlantic submarine telegraph cable took place in 1857 but f ...
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Shore End Section, 1865
One of four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865, some 2300 nautical miles. This object is an unused sample of the shore end of the cable. The shore end was ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 3 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Main Section, 1865
One of four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865, some 2300 nautical miles. This object is an unused sample of the main cable. The shore end was more heavily ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 3 -
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Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, First Atlantic, Candlestick, 1857-1858
Sample of the deep-sea portion of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1857-1858. Fittings at each end of the sample allow it to be used as a candlestick. The first attempt t ...
From: Gateshead, United Kingdom Images: 0 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Shore End, Cross-Section, 1865
One of four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865, some 2300 nautical miles. This object is an unused sample of the shore end cable, showing the cross-section ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 4 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Atlantic, Main, Cross-Section, 1865
One of four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865, some 2300 nautical miles. This object is an unused sample of the main cable, showing the cross-section. The ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 2 -
Cable Sample - Submarine Telegraph, Deep Sea, Date Unknown
This cable sample shows the structure of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1866. Although donated by S. W. Silver and Company, the cable sample matches the description of ...
From: London, United Kingdom Images: 1
