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Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
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Telegraph
Construction
and Maintenance Co Ltd Cable Engineer's Log No 91
1874-04-16 - 1874-06-18
LOG/M/84/2
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co Ltd Cable Engineer's Log No 91 written by Robert London, engineer in charge on the AFRICA (1869).…
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and Maintenance Co Ltd Cable Engineer's Log No 73
1872-07-25 - 1872-09-18
LOG/M/84/1
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co Ltd Cable Engineer's Log No 73 written by Robert London, engineer in charge on the WILLIAM CORY (1857). It covers the picking up of the old Malta to Alexandria cable and return to Victoria Docks in London between 25 July and 18 September 1872.…
Clifford, Henry, Chief Engineer, 1821-1905 (Manuscript)
c.1821-1980
CLF
Collection includes correspondence, diaries, artworks, photographs and other documents related to Henry Clifford and transatlantic undersea cable-laying.
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Uncatalogued (Manuscript)
1923
MSS/89/032.4
TELEGRAPH Maintenance & Construction Co, 3 Logbooks from 1877 to 1923
Report by Samuel Canning on the unsuccessful cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN (Manuscript)
1865-08-22
CLF/6/3
Report written by Samuel Canning to the Directors of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, giving an account of the failed cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN in 1865. Also enclosed are several pages from a journal relating to the cable laying.
Loose photographs of paintings by Henry Clifford (Manuscript)
c.1857-1866
CLF/10/4
Thirteen loose photographs of paintings by Henry Clifford, including of the AGAMEMNON and GREAT EASTERN.
Book of sketches and diagrams (Manuscript)
c.1869
CLF/6/12
Small noteook of sketches and diagrams of a new roof over Morden Wharf, where the works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company were located.
Correspondence, mainly related to Henry Clifford’s cable-laying career (Manuscript)
c.1857-1888
CLF/2/2
Correspondence mostly between Henry Clifford and family, friends and colleagues. Many of the letters relate to Clifford’s cable-laying work, including several congratulating him on the success of the 1866 transatlantic cable-laying expedition.…
Professional correspondence and diary of Edward Riddle (1845-1907) (Manuscript)
1870-1896
RID/3/2
Two letters from the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company Limited on cable laying contracts; Six letters dated 1870-1888 to Edward Riddle from his brother-in-law Francis (Frank) Robert Lucas, an engineer with the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co.…
Papers of Edward Riddle (1845-1907) (Manuscript)
1870-1896
RID/3
170 letters and documents relating to the Riddle family. Kept and written by Edward Riddle (1788-1854), John Riddle (1816-1862) and Edward Riddle (1845-1907). Most of the letters within this collection relate to Edward Riddle (1845-1907). …
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