Documents related to the laying of telegraph cables
Includes: handwritten document titled ‘Proposed alterations to be made on paying out machinery’, dated 15 August 1857; Programme of proceedings for laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, by Samuel Canning, 20 June 1866; Programme of proceedings for laying the third section of Brazilian telegraph cable between St Vincent and Pernambuco, 1874; Engineer's programme of proceedings for laying the Cyprus-Alexandria and Cyprus-Beyrout [Beirut] cables for the Eastern Telegraph Co, September 1878; Journal of a cable-laying expedition for the period 15 May-13 July 1872.
Record Details
| Item reference: | CLF/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 folder (1 volume, 3 booklets, 1 sheet) |
| Date made: | 1857-1878 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Clifford family history (Manuscript) (CLF/1)
- Employment contracts between Henry Clifford and the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Manuscript) (CLF/4)
- Documents related to the laying of telegraph cables (Manuscript) (CLF/5)
- Various programmes, invitations, menus and souvenirs (Manuscript) (CLF/7)
- Letters written to the son of Henry Clifford following his death in 1905 (Manuscript) (CLF/9)
- Photographs taken at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company works at Enderby’s Wharf (Manuscript) (CLF/11)