Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co Ltd cable engineers' logs.
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Administrative / biographical background
Robert London was born in 1834 at Hildenborough, Kent. He worked as a cable engineer for the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd. He was chief of the engineer staff and second in command to Captain Halpin of the GREAT EASTERN during the laying of the British-Indian submarine telegraph in 1869-1870.
Administrative / biographical background
Robert London was born in 1834 at Hildenborough, Kent. He worked as a cable engineer for the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd. He was chief of the engineer staff and second in command to Captain Halpin of the GREAT EASTERN during the laying of the British-Indian submarine telegraph in 1869-1870.
Record details
| Item reference: | LOG/M/84/1-2 |
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| Catalogue section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 2 volumes |
| Date made: | 1872-1874 |
| Creator: | London, Robert |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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