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From: Capt Alfred J Dillon <>
Subject: Re: Fw: [NF-ROOTS] Re: Transatlantic Cable
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:56:50 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <009301c36415$54bf4d60$2fd34218@boys>


Valerie. Seems perfectly legal to remove something from your own property. I was told that it was illegal to remove any historical significant artifact from the Heart's Content Harbor even bottles and table ware. A skin diver from there told me he had tried to get permission to take pieces of cable to sell as fundraising souvenirs for the musuem and was turned down by some authority. I'll bet there are a lot of interesting things down there from the days of the cable ships.
Regards
Al





Whelans <> wrote:
Sorry, that last message was supposed to be addressed to Al Dillon, not Len.

I goofed!

Valerie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Whelans"
To: "Capt Alfred J Dillon"
Cc: "NFLD-ROOTS"
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [NF-ROOTS] Re: Transatlantic Cable


> Hi Len,
>
> I have in the past looked at the different cables which are cut at the
> water's edge in Heart's Content but did not pay that much attention to the
> detail of which cables they were. I would not recommend removing any of
the
> cable in Heart's Content purely for historical significance, regardless of
> legality (which I had never heard of before). The problem however lies in
> the fact that the original cable station was a house further inland than
the
> museum station that now exists near the water. As such, there is a bunch
of
> cable running underground and into people's property in Heart's Content
> today. As I understand it, the small 8" piece that I have was removed by
a
> friend of a friend kind of thing because it was literally sticking up out
of
> the ground in someone's garden and they considered it unsafe for children
to
> play around, etc. Of course it doesn't conduct electricity now but the
> outer covering is iron and the ends can be sharp. The homeowners were in
> quite a dilemma because they did not want the cable in their yard but
didn't
> think it was right to just destroy it either. I think they removed a
small
> amount that was most hazardous and left the rest there.
>
> If anybody knows of the web site for the museum, I would like to have it.
>
> Thanks,
> Valerie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Capt Alfred J Dillon"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [NF-ROOTS] Re: Transatlantic Cable
>
>
> > I go to Heart's Content every summer and never fail to gaze at the
cables.
> After the initial two cables several more were installed and are bundled
at
> the water's edge in front of the Cab;e Station Museum. There is probably a
> way to determine which cable Valerie's piece came from, but I can tell you
> it is against the law to remove any part of the cables. There is a web
site
> for the museum.
> > Regards
> > Al Dillon
> >
> > Len Seymour wrote:
> > Hi Valerie,
> >
> > I have the book, "The Voice of Generations", a history of communications
> in
> > Newfoundland by Galgay, McCarthy and OKeefe. I haven't looked too
closely,
> > but there doesn't seem to be a picture or description of the cables used
> in
> > the various attempts, however there are many photos and a good report on
> > events in the book.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Len
> >
> > From: "Whelans"
> >
> >
> > Is there a fellow lister who is knowledgeable about the Transatlantic
> > Cables? I have a piece of the cable which was given to me as a gift. I
was
> > told that it was a piece of the first cable which broke after a few
weeks.
> > However, the piece that I have definitely came from Heart's Content, not
> Bay
> > Bulls. Is there a way to tell the difference by looking at the cable? I
> > know that the design of the cable was modified at different times. I
> > believe that two cables were landed at Heart's Content, one in a long
> > continuous piece from Ireland and the other which was broken, rescued
from
> > the ocean and repaired. I would like to know which one I have.
> >
> > I know that there is a book about the cables. I ordered it about a month
> > ago from my local bookstore but it still has not arrived.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Valerie
> >
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