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

Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works in Greenwich. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: PX8273

Description: The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., 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.

Creator: R. Dudley (artist): R. M. Bryson (engraver): Day & Son (engravers)

Date: 1865