A view of the Standard Telephone and Cables Limited factory in Southampton, United Kingdom
A view of the Standard Telephone and Cables Limited factory in Southampton, United Kingdom. The sign on the side of the factory reads 'Standard Telephone and Cable Limited: Trans Oceanic Telephone Cable Factory'. At least seven railway wagons are stationary on a railway just in front of the factory. This is Slide 1 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 26 November 1975 to 24 April 1976. This series consists of 33 surviving slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT16715 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Date made: | Between 26 November 1975 and 14 December 1975; Between 26 November 1975 and late December 1975 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |