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.

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ID:	CLF/5
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1857-1878
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder (1 volume, 3 booklets, 1 sheet)
Parts:	Clifford, Henry, Chief Engineer, 1821-1905 (Manuscript) Clifford family history (Manuscript) (CLF/1) Correspondence with Henry Clifford (Manuscript) (CLF/2) Henry Clifford’s diaries (Manuscript) (CLF/3) 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) Documents related to the Atlantic telegraph cable (Manuscript) (CLF/6) Various programmes, invitations, menus and souvenirs (Manuscript) (CLF/7) Documents related to Harold Gibson (Manuscript) (CLF/8) Letters written to the son of Henry Clifford following his death in 1905 (Manuscript) (CLF/9) Artworks (Manuscript) (CLF/10) Photographs taken at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company works at Enderby’s Wharf (Manuscript) (CLF/11)

Documents related to the laying of telegraph cables

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