Photographs of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Telephone Cable Laying, circa 1940s
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Historical Background
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Workmen on pier coiling telephone cable, circa 1940s
- Telephone cable being reeled onto a large drum, circa 1940s
- Two workmen on top of cable drum, testing wires in telephone cable, circa 1940s
- Man adjusting telephone cable as it is lowered from barge Telephone II into Lake Washington, circa 1940s
- Men welding steel wires over telephone cable splice, circa 1940s
- The barge Telephone II at the eastern shore of Lake Washington, circa 1940s
- Four men handling thick bundle of telephone cable, circa 1940s
- Four men on barge Telephone II plotting course on a nautical chart, circa 1940s
- Overhead view of engineer in cockpit steering barge Telephone II, circa 1940s
- Barge Telephone II skipper speaking on telephone from bridge above cable spool, circa 1940s
- Telephone cable being unwound from barge Telephone II into Lake Washington, circa 1940s
- Tugboat and barge Telephone II docked at shore of Lake Washington, circa 1940s
- Names and Subjects
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 Background
Submarine cable barge Telephone II was used to lay telephone cable for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Content Description
Photographs documenting the laying of telephone cable across Lake Washington between Bellevue and Seattle using the barge Telephone II .
Use of the Collection
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 Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Workmen on pier coiling telephone cableDates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 1
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Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 2 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 3 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 5 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 1, Item 6 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 7 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 8 -
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 9
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Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 10 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 11 -
Description: 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.
Dates: circa 1940sContainer: Folder 2, Item 12
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)
