Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom | Museum
Porthcurno was once the world’s most important cable station and was connected to more than 100,000 miles of cable radiating out under the oceans linking one cable station to another in a global network.
In 1941 this important communications site was relocated under ground to protect it from enemy attack.
A unique feature of a visit to Porthcurno Telegraph Museum is the opportunity to enter the underground telegraph station and see original equipment actually working, an in depth coverage of the subject!
The Porthcurno Telegraph Museum has in its archive a rare album of photographs. The album records a period of the ship's life representing over twenty years from its cons truction to its later cable laying voyages. It includes a multitude of photographs taken on the ship and so affords us a rare glimpse into life on board the Great Eastern.
