Cable Collection (page 3)

Great Eastern - Port Paddle
The view (looking aft) from the port paddle box of the Great Eastern showing the trough for cable. Date: 1865

Emerald Coast, France, Suspension Bridge, Port Saint-Hubert.opened in 1928 and destroyed during WW2 in 1944. Date: circa 1929

River Severn ferry sisters - 3
Sisters Annie James, 76, and Kath Evans, 72, on the passenger ferry which crosses the River Severn at Hampton Loade, Shropshire

River Severn ferry sisters - 2
Sisters Annie James, 76, and Kath Evans, 72, on the passenger ferry which crosses the River Severn at Hampton Loade, Shropshire

River Severn ferry sisters - 1
Sisters Annie James, 76, and Kath Evans, 72, on the passenger ferry which crosses the River Severn at Hampton Loade, Shropshire

Harrods centenary celebrations - Tiny Grocery Shop
As part of Harrods centenary celebrations, this replica of the shop as it was in 1849 was constructed. The world-famous Brompton, Knightsbridge department store began life in Cable Street

Inspector Janet Knott, Met Police, London
Inspector Janet Knott, first woman inspector in the Traffic Division of the Met Police, London. Seen here speaking on a motorcycle radio, with a male colleague on the right. Date: circa 1970s

Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Otis Elevators. The Otis elevator in the Eiffel Tower, built by the American Elevator Company

RMS Titanic - nail scissors recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - silver mounted steel nail scissors with rusted steel blades

Two cable carts on a busy street in San Francisco. People standing close to the edge of the cable cart to the left of picture

Lithuania. Vilnius. Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine or Romanov Church, built in 1913 by I. Kolesnikov. Exterior

Woman police officer with car and radio, Egham, Surrey
Woman police officer (mobile officer) on duty in Egham, Surrey, standing by a police car and speaking on a handheld radio

Oscilloscope for EEG monitoring in ESP testing
A Hewlett Packard four-beam oscilloscope for EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

A early production Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c with 70hp Renault engine, skid undercarriage, RAF 6 wings and cable bracing

LCC-LFB Change from brass to cork fire helmets
A significant landmark when on 14 July 1934 the LFB started to replace its traditional brass helmet with a new compressed cork design. It would be four years before the changeover was completed

LFDCA-LFB Shadwell fire station, Cable Street
Shadwell fire station, Cable Street, East London, which marked its centenary in 2010. It is one of nine fire stations across London which are to be rebuilt

Shadwell fire station appliance room, Cable Street, E1
Three appliances stand ready in the appliance room of Shadwell fire station, London E1. From left to right they are a Pump Escape, pump, and BA van

Metropolitan Police headphones and radio

Susi - on the phone. 1950s

Advertisement for Klosters, Switzerland. 1952

Micky Stewart, cricketer, coaching schoolboys, Penzance
Micky Stewart (b.1932), English cricketer, coaching a group of boys at a school in Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Tabby kitten with electric cable
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with standard lamp electric cable -- don t try this at home. 1950s

The Floibanen cable car to Mount Floyen, Bergen, Norway. Date: circa 1910s

People standing in the cable cart in San Francisco USA. A man with sun glasses in white shirt and black trousers is holding onto the rail at the end of the cable cart Date: 1979

British Caribbean man standing at back of cable car San Fran
British Caribbean man standing at the back of the cable cart in San Francisco. A young boy with red hair is resting his head on his arm on the cable railing

People standing by a cable cart track in San Francisco USA. A black car to the near right of the picture Date: 1979

Yellow cable buses on a busy main road in Athens. A man stands in the road by the traffic lights. Date: 1978

Susi - with cat and telephone. 1950s

Letterheaded paper, Grand Hotel, Yokohama, Japan, managed by Louis Eppinger, with handwritten notes about Japanese money. Date: 1900s

Cable car and Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1940

Tourist attractions around The Szczeliniec Wielki Mountain
A future prediction of the Tourist attractions based on and around The Szczeliniec Wielki (Heuscheuer) - the highest mountain in the Table Mountains in Poland (German card). Date: circa 1910s

Australian Lifeguards in Training - Dee Why Beach, NSW, Australia. Date: circa 1932

Cover of the ILN 26th August 1865
Cover of the Illustrated London News, 26th August 1865, featuring the breaking of the Atlantic telegraph cable on board the Great Eastern, engraving from a sketch by special artist Robert Dudley

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Sugar Loaf Mountain - Cable Car Date: 1955

Cable Road, Whitehead, Looking North - a view looking up a residential road with three children in the middle of the road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Whitehead)

Cable Road, Whitehead, Looking South - looking down the road above with a grocer shop on the left and people walking down in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Whitehead)

The Agamemnon in a storm
Illustration showing the Agamemnon caught in a storm, in the first attempt to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable for the Atlantic Telegraph Company

George Washington Cable, American novelist
George Washington Cable (1844-1925), American novelist from Louisiana. circa 1890s

Concorde interior, with cables
Concorde interior during the construction phase, with cables everywhere. Date: late 1960s

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Sparks the Electricians son. 20th century

Czech Republic. Prague. Street. At the bottom towers ancient walls of the city

Automatic central battery telephone. Model 27. Siemens. 1927. Milan. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Italy. Rome. Trastevere district
Italy. Rome. Buildings at the Trastevere district

Germany. Berlin. Dome of the Sony Center by German architect
Germany. Berlin. Dome of the Sony Center (1996-2000) by German architect Helmut Jahn (n.1940). Potsdamer Platz

Niels Juel (1629-1697). Statue
Niels Juel (1629-1697). Dano-Norwegian admiral. Monument. Copenhagen. Denmark

Ukraine. Feodosiya. Armenian Church of Archangels Michael an
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Armenian Church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel. 15th century. Restored at 20th century. Exterior

Ukraine. Chersonesus Taurica ruins
Ukraine. Chersonesus Taurica. 6th century BC. Greek colony occupied later by romans and byzantines. Roman amphitheatre. Sevastopol

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