PK Cable Map 1880's

PK Cable Map 1880's

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Tunnels for Cable and Wireless... and for Western Union?

(FO 371/28654)
Another snippet from the PRO. Where Cable and Wireless had the tunnels at Porthcurno, Western Union - who also landed cables in Cornwall - had a largely unprotected office at the top of Alexandra Road in Penzance (now flats - boo, hiss). Whether or not this protected underground 'reserve' cable station was built is something I'll follow up...
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  1. FTL11 February 2012 at 18:32

    Some interesting finds at the PRO!

    Old and recent photos of the WU Penzance station on my site:

    http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/WU-Penzance/index.htm

    Bill

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