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The reels of Gutta Percha covered conducting wire coveyed into tanks at the works at Greenwich.
From the mid-19th century onwards there have been factories producing submarine cables and associated products in Greenwich and Woolwich. Until well...
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The cable passed from the works into the hulk lying in the Thames at Greenwich.
The completed transatlantic cable being transferred from the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company's works at Enderby's Wharf, Greenwich to...
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A view of Blackheath, depicting Montague House, Shooter's Hill and Morden College, with windmills in the foreground.
A rather naive depiction of Blackheath around the beginning of the nineteenth century. The windmills in the foreground were typical of dozens that...
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Stone for New London Bridge
, by EW Cooke.
John Rennie's London Bridge, completed in 1831, used huge quantities of stone, which was brought in through the port. Edward Cooke's drawing shows...
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