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Description
Laying cable at oil well in Lake Maracaibo. Photo caption: Laying cable during a recent electrification scheme at the oil wells on Lake Maracaibo. This cable, which is insulated with polyethylene, was specially designed for the Compania Shell de Venezuela Ltd. by the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. Ltd., Greenwich, The picture shows the cable-laying barge approaching one of the block stations on the lake, with all but a few yards of the cable having been laid. This item is part of the MoDiP BXL collection.
Inscriptions
stamped: "The property of BAKELITE LIMITED, 12-18 Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1 Please acknowledge" (rear)
Object number
BXL : 0396
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Dimensions
Width
159mm
Height
215mm