Employees at Eastern Extension & Australia Telegraph Company [1]
Photograph
01 Jan 1890
Information About
This 1890s photograph shows the interior of the Eastern Extension & Australia Telegraph Company relay station at Banjoewangi, East Java (now Banyuwangi). Two European employees are working at their desks. Three mirror galvanometers can be seen. Two of the galvanometers have glass and wood covers, which can be raised to the ceiling when in use. The third, on the right is in use. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.
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- All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
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