Submarine cable
W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Baize, Glass, Mahogany, Metal, Silver
Measurements
50 mm (Height); 203 mm (Diameter)
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1100472.1
Summary
One of two circular sections of "H.A.I.S. Cable for operation Pluto" manufactured throughout by W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd." Presented to WSC June 1945. Each with a glass cover, and mounted on a turned mahogany plinth with engraved silver plate, in a baize lined fitted case
Marks and inscriptions
Base: "H.I.A.S. Cable 'For Operation Pluto', Manufactured throughout by W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd." Base: "Presented to The Right Honorable Winston-Spencer Churchill, C.H., F.R.S., M.P., Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, June - 1945"
Makers and roles
W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd, cable manufacturer