Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works at Greenwich

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Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works at Greenwich

The cable used in laying the Atlantic telegraph, from Briunel's 'Great Eastern'. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, under the chairmanship of John Pender, manufactured the 1865 cable at Greenwich. After it had been made, the cable was coiled down into great cylindrical tanks at Enderby's Wharf before being fed into the ship. Mounted with PAG8274.; No.6.

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Object Details

ID:	PAG8273
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Bryson, R. M.; Dudley, Robert
Places:	Greenwich
Vessels:	Great Eastern (1858)
Date made:	1865
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 200 x 286 mm;