Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited
The main series consist of contracts including for the supply, laying and repair of cables (TCM/6), cable engineers' logbooks (TCM/8) and ships' logbooks (TCM/10). Other records include memorandum and articles of association 1964-1920, papers relating to the SS GREAT EASTERN and the first Atlantic cables, publicity material and books and pamphlets.
The collection also contains records of the Gutta Percha Company, H W Jewesbury and Company (indigo and colonial brokers) and personal papers of Willoughby Smith, the company's Managing Director who worked for the firm between the early 1850s and 1888.
The collection also contains records of the Gutta Percha Company, H W Jewesbury and Company (indigo and colonial brokers) and personal papers of Willoughby Smith, the company's Managing Director who worked for the firm between the early 1850s and 1888.
Object Details
| ID: | TCM |
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| Type: | Manuscript |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd |
| Date made: | 1836-1972 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: |
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited
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