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  • Title
    Album documenting the laying of numerous submarine cables
  • Reference
    MS/0462/3
  • Production date
    1891 - 1896
  • Creator
    • Lucas, Francis RobertBiography
  • Scope and Content
    Covers laying of Bombay-Aden triplicate cable 1891, Oye-Fanoe cable 1891, Lisbon-Azores cable 1893, Zanzibar-Seychelle-Mauritius cable 1893, Atlantic cable (Valentia-Hearts Content and Irish shore end) 1894, and Borkum-Vigo cable 1896. Details include some printed programmes re laying, journals of voyages of cable ships and abstracts from Engineer's log, copy correspondence and telegrams and reports to Admiral Richards and to W Shuter.
  • Extent
    1 volume
  • Physical description
    Modern bound manuscript.
  • Language
    English
  • Level of description
    FILE
  • Repository name
    Science Museum, London
  • Conditions governing access
    Open Access
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
  • System of arrangement
    MS/0461-MS/0464 are all part of 1984-1432