- TitleAlbum documenting the laying of numerous submarine cables
- ReferenceMS/0462/2
- Production date1887 - 1890
- Scope and ContentCovers repairs to the Direct United States cable (Ballinskellig-Halifax) 1888; laying the Porthcurno-Malta-Zante cable (via Lisbon & Gibraltar) 1887, the Mossamedes-Cape Town cable 1889, the Argentine cable to Europe (Argentine-Ascension-Dakar-Cadiz-Marseilles) (mechanical details only) n.d., the Australia-New Zealand duplicate cable 1890, and the Suez-Perim-Aden cable 1890. 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.
- Extent1 volume
- Physical descriptionModern bound manuscript.
- LanguageEnglish
- Level of descriptionFILE
- Repository nameScience Museum, London
- Conditions governing accessOpen Access
- Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
- System of arrangementMS/0461-MS/0464 are all part of 1984-1432
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