| The cable station at Waterville was clearly an impressive self-contained community. The buildings that remain are in good repair and many vestiges of corporate styling remain. It is well worth a visit and I hope some, at least, of the remaining vestiges of the Commercial Cable Company can be preserved. | ||||
| Margaret Brown, who lives in one of the station houses was very helpful in providing much of the information here. | ||||
| Update from the Irish Independent about the remaining cables | ||||
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Waterville from Ballinskelligs. Waterville nestles in a huge encircling bay on the
west of the Kerry peninsula. |
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Waterville Cable station from the front. One block of employees'
housing shows prominently with the manager's house to the left and the offices almost invisible to the right against
the mountains in the background. There is more employees' housing far left but obscured by foreground buildings. |
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Bringing the fifth* CCC transatlantic cable ashore at Waterville. Picture courtesy of John Parker. *I take this to mean "Main 5", Canso to Waterville, laid ijn 1905, as designated by the company. See their list. |
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(The pictures below can be seen at a larger size by clicking on them) |
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| The station from the road showing the two blocks of employees' housing. There is an entrance gate between the blocks. | The left block of housing from the entrance road. | Remains of lamp standard on the entrance post. | ||
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| Remains of a British pillar box in the gate pillar to the offices. | The Commercial Cable Company corporate architectural style is still evident. Houses to the left all had this style of gate. | And those to the right this similar but distinct design. | ||
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| There are several commemorative plaques now marking various parts of the station. They speak for themselves. | ||||
| This is at the cable landing site | And this at the station entrance. | |||
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| The superintendent's residence | - and the Station rear entrance | |||
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| More pictures from Waterville | A personal reminiscence. | |||
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