Silvertown Telegraph Cable Works, London 1860’s.

THE TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION and Maintenance Company (known as Telcon) was formed through the amalgamation of the Gutta-Percha Company and the cable makers Glass Elliot of Greenwich. Its formation was brought about by the need to supply £700,000 worth of submarine telegraph cable to span the Atlantic. It was registered on 17th March 1864 with John Pender as chairman and capital of £1,000,000.

Invitation to see the Atlantic Telegraph on board the Great Eastern, 1866.	Manufacturing telegraph cable: Coating the electric core with jute from ‘The Graphic’, March 22nd 1873	Manufacturing telegraph cable: Covering the core with wire from ‘The Graphic’, March 22nd 1873	Manufacturing telegraph cable: Covering the cable with jute and tar from ‘The Graphic’, March 22nd 1873	Manufacturing telegraph cable: Coiling down the cable in the tank from ‘The Graphic’, March 22nd 1873

See Also
Gutta Percha Sir John Pender – Founder of Cable & Wireless Great Eastern