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Laying of the Pacific Cable
Dec 13, 1902
 

Glass Plate Negative
 

"LAYING OF PACIFIC CABLE   DEC 13 1902  SAN FRANCISCO CAL"
 

Harrington Photo Album Courtesy of Neatline Antique Maps "Landing of Baloon Buoys" Harrington Photo Album This photo album attributed to G. Harrington documents the cable landing in unique detail... Click here to explore.

WNPCHP WNP136.15

WNPCHP WNP136.14

Image courtesy of the Pat Hathaway Collection

Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
(the above was spliced together in software from the left and right scans)

From a Sunset Advertisement
(click above image for full advertisement)

Map showing cable route...

San Francisco Chronicle, Sept 6 1902

The San Francisco Examiner - Dec 13 1902
Page 8 (pdf), Page 9 (pdf)

San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 13 1902

San Francisco Call - 14 December 1902

The San Francisco Examiner - Dec 14 1902  (pdf)

SF Call, Dec 15, 1902 (click above images for full article)

The San Francisco Examiner - Dec 15 1902  (pdf)

SF Chronicle, Dec 15, 1902
(click above images for full article)

SF Chronicle, Dec 5, 1902
(click above images for full article)

San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 12 1903

The San Francisco Call - Nov 10 1907  (pdf)

Laying the Trans-Pacific Cable"
by Earle Ashley Walcott
Click here for full story

For more in-depth coverage of the Pacific Cable, I highly recommend:
http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/ComPacCable/index.htm