Cables, Submarine--Pacific

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  • Here are entered works relating to underwater cables in the Pacific Ocean. This includes works relating both to cables that connect countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean and those that are laid between two points in coastal British Columbia.

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  • LCSH; local usage.

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Cables, Submarine--Pacific

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Cables, Submarine--Pacific

  • UF Pacific cable
  • UF Transpacific cable

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Cables, Submarine--Pacific

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The 132,000 volt submarine cable in the Mainland - Vancouver Island interconnection : part 1, preliminary construction

The item is a workprint of an industrial film from 1956. It is the first film of a three-part engineering record of the manufacture and laying of an undersea power cable from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Part one shows surveys, preparations, construction of shore installations and the hanging of overland and overwater cables.

The 132,000 volt submarine cable in the Mainland - Vancouver Island interconnection : part 3, cable laying

The item is a workprint of an industrial film made in 1956. It is the third film of a three-part engineering record of the manufacture and laying of an undersea power cable from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Part three shows the laying of five cables from Saltspring Island to Parker Island (3 miles) and from Tsawwassen Beach to Galiano (14 miles) by the cable-laying ship "Ocean Layer". It also shows shore operations and connections. The cable became operational on 25 September 1956.