Repro ID: PX8287
Title: The reels of Gutta Percha covered conducting wire coveyed into tanks at the works at Greenwich.
Description: From the mid-19th century onwards there have been factories producing submarine cables and associated products in Greenwich and Woolwich. Until well into the 20th century up to two-thirds of the world's submarine cable was made at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon) (now Alcatel) works on the Greenwich Peninsula.
Creator: R. Dudley (artist): F. Jories (lithograph): Day & Son (engravers)
Date: 19th century
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
