Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable, coming from Java to Port Darwin
Details:
Title
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable, coming from Java to Port Darwin,
Photographer
Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886,
Photo number
PH0238/0407,
Collection
Peter Spillett Collection,
PictureNT,
PictureNT,
Date
1871,
Location
Darwin,
Description
Landing the sub-marine telegraph cable from the Hibernia, coming from Java to Port Darwin. The cable was landed near Goyder's Camp, Lameroo (Cable Beach) clear of mangroves.,
Notes
Photograph has considerable damage.,
Language
English,
Subject
power & telegraph lines,
Overland Telegraph Line (N.T. and S. Aust.),
submarine cables,
schooners (ships),
Digital format
4703 x 6000 pixels : 48bpp ; 165.36Mb, back 87.7Mb,
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