Photographs of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone Cable Laying

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: 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: 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 .

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Restrictions on Use

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Processing Note

Processed by Kristina Erickson, 2016

Transferred from the Industries and Occupations subject file, 2015.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
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

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