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Crewmembers of the C.S. Colonia split a cable to divert the line to Bay Roberts.
1913
Bay Roberts NF

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The crew of the cable-ship C.S. Colonia was charged with laying the Anglo-American Transatlantic Cable between England and Canada.

This picture shows where the crew members of the C.S. Colonia split a previous cable to divert the line to Bay Roberts in Newfoundland.

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Picture of deck of cable ship Colonia showing grapnels used to split cable.
1913
Cable Ship Colonia

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This picture shows where cable was split in mid Atlantic.
1913
North Sydney, NS Canada

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Laying the Anglo American transatlantic cable
1913
Colinet St.Marys Bay NL

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In 1913, an overland section of the Anglo-American Transatlantic cable was laid from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland to Colinet in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.

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The S.S. Baleine
1913
Workers S.S. Baleine North Sydney, NS

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As St. Mary's Bay was too shallow for the C.S. Colonia to enter, Western Union contracted the smaller ship S.S. Baleine to lay cable in the bay.

Here we see workers transporting cable from the S. S. Baleine to the cable ship, Colonia.

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Workers performing the dangerous task of transferring the cable.
1913
Workers S.S. Baleine North Sydney, NS

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After the S.S. Baleine crew laid the cable in the shallow waters of St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, the C.S. Colonia completed its own task. It was the latter crew that laid the remaining cable from St. Mary's Bay to Lloyd's Cove in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.

During this process workers often performed dangerous tasks with little or no protection.

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Cable Ship Colonia
1913
Sydney Mines, NS

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After laying the cable, the crew of the Colonia sailed to Lloyd's Cove, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.

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Floatation barrels bring cable ashore at Sydney Mines, NS.
1913
Sydney Mines, NS

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Upon their arrival in Sydney Mines, workers aboard the C.S. Colonia used barrels as floatation devices to move the cable ashore.