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Photographs of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone Cable Laying, circa 1940s
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
- Title
- Photographs of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone Cable Laying
- Dates
- circa 1940s (inclusive)19401949
- Quantity
- 12 photographic prints (1 box) ; 11 x 14 in.
- Collection Number
- PH1366
- Summary
- Photographs documenting the laying of telephone cable across Lake Washington between Bellevue and Seattle using the barge "Telephone II."
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Submarine cable barge Telephone II was used to lay telephone cable for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs documenting the laying of telephone cable across Lake Washington between Bellevue and Seattle using the barge Telephone II .
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the digital version of the collection.
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Folder | item | ||
1 | 1 | Workmen on pier coiling telephone cable | circa 1940s |
1 | 2 |
Telephone cable being reeled onto a large drum Caption from accompanying material: Cable is being reeled onto the
drum. It contains 455 pairs of wires around which are wrapped two layers of
jute and a protective layer of heavy armor wire.
|
circa 1940s |
1 | 3 |
Two workmen on top of cable drum, testing wires in
telephone cable Caption from accompanying material: A recent $222,000. project.
Men here are testing each of the wires contained in the cable after it has been
wound on the cable drum.
|
circa 1940s |
1 | 4 |
Man adjusting telephone cable as it is lowered from barge
Telephone II into Lake Washington Caption from accompanying material: The cable is payed out as a
telephone engineer observes the dynamometer to enable him to maintain hydraulic
tension on the cable in controlling the angle and the speed with which it has
unreeled.
|
circa 1940s |
1 | 5 |
Men welding steel wires over telephone cable
splice Caption from accompanying material: A protective layer of steel
wires cover the splice. Workmen weld it in place.
|
circa 1940s |
1 | 6 |
The barge Telephone II at the
eastern shore of Lake Washington Caption from accompanying material: The barge,
Telephone II, on the Bellevue side of Lake
Washington, is ready to lay a new submarine telephone cable across the lake to
Seattle.
|
circa 1940s |
2 | 7 |
Four men handling thick bundle of telephone
cable Caption from accompanying material: The operation is watched
closely by an engineer as this extremely heavy lead and steel-covered cable
goes out over the fairleader.
|
circa 1940s |
2 | 8 |
Four men on barge Telephone
II plotting course on a nautical chart Caption from accompanying material: Engineers on the barge plot an
exact course and call directions to the lead tug.
|
circa 1940s |
2 | 9 | Overhead view of engineer in cockpit steering barge Telephone II | circa 1940s |
2 | 10 |
Barge Telephone II skipper
speaking on telephone from bridge above cable spool Caption from accompanying material: The skipper controls all
operations from the bridge of the barge. Telephones connect him to a loud
speaker and to the tug which pushes the barge.
|
circa 1940s |
2 | 11 |
Telephone cable being unwound from barge
Telephone II into Lake Washington Caption from accompanying material: The cable section containing
the loading coil is lowered 200 feet to the bottom of the lake.
|
circa 1940s |
2 | 12 |
Tugboat and barge Telephone
II docked at shore of Lake Washington Caption from accompanying material: A winch line on a truck pulls
the cable ashore completing the cable laying operation.
|
circa 1940s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cable ships--Washington (State)--Seattle Metropolitan Area--Photographs
- Telephone cables--Installation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
- Telephone II (Ship)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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