Laying parallel lines
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Where: Leinster, Co Kildare, Ireland
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Try to find the date or year when this image was made.One would imagine that laying cable beside a railway line would be straightforward enough but judging by the signal pole on the ground that is/was not the case! Obviously electricals related to signalling and points would have been at risk and had to be removed or avoided. I like the fact that the supply wagon has a case of "Macardles" on standby for cases of emergency!
Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: February 9th 1975
NLI Ref.: ODEA 125/11
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
9 February 1975 was a Sunday ... a great day to lay a cable.
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia And the favourite day for rail replacement bus services.
Niall McAuley
www.jamescuthbertson.co.uk/about/company-history.php Alongside producing tracked vehicles, working on underwater pipelines, laying cables on both railways and motorways, Cuthbertsons’ became well known for plant recovery.
suckindeesel
looks like they're using a plow to dig the trench. This wasn't without it's dangers
O Mac
It's a cable laying plough. The cable, off the spool is fed down and out through a hole at the bottom and back of the plough. There's no trench as such as the soil back fills on itself as the plough moves along.
suckindeesel
This photo shows the laying of cables for the implementation of ‘Centralised Traffic Control’ (CTC) which started during the 1970s. This allowed signals and points to be controlled from a control centre in Connolly. Approx 75% of the network is under central control, hence the disappearance of many of those old signal cabins. Current plans are to relocate to a new facility in Houston.