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A view of a floating cable end buoy in the ocean taken from the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of Inner Island, Middle King's Point and Outer King's Point, Bermuda, looking in a easterly direction, taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view looking forward of cable buoys on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A cable splicer on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
7 crewmen holding a spliced cable on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a recovered cable being tested on the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view looking aft of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a cable repeater at the aft end of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a cable repeater clear of the stern of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the wheelhouse of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a sunrise over the French-Dutch island of Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A crewman standing next to the 5 sheave gear on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A recovered cable being spliced on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the Queen Juliana Bridge in Sint Anna Bay, Willemstad, Curacao, from the port side of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
A view of the cable laying apparatus on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A coiled cable held in one of the tanks on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of the cable sheaves of the cable engine on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a grappled cable off the side of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea. (Colour transparency)
Crewmen taking temperature readings off the side of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A view of a submarine cable paying out aft of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) (Colour transparency)
The Chief Officer and a crewman tensing the grappling rope on the deck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
A far port side bow view of the cable ship Mercury (1962) berthed in Ireland Island, Bermuda (Colour transparency)
A top down view of one of the cable tanks on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea (Colour transparency)
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