A view of the cable tanks at the docks in Southampton, United Kingdom
A view of the cable tanks at the docks in Southampton, United Kingdom. The photographer is standing on the far side of a road looking towards the cable tank. There is a blue metal gantry, possibly for transporting cable, situated over the top of the cable which then traverses over the road in front of the photographer towards the top left corner. This is Slide 2 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: | PCT16716 |
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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 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |