IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Old Cable Lane, PENZANCE, TR19 6HL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Old Cable Lane, TR19 6HL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (37 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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1
Road in Porth Curno
The road descending into the village. The sign is for the Museum of Global Communications.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 1 Sep 2024
0.03 miles
2
Porthcurno Cable Station
The Cable Station Inn.
Image: © Robert Ashby
Taken: 20 Aug 2014
0.06 miles
3
Signpost above the Telegraph Museum
This post is on the top of the cliff above Porthcurno where the exit from the Telegraph Museum emerges.
Image: © Bob Walters
Taken: 26 May 2015
0.08 miles
4
Porthcurno : WWII Cable Station
An underground WWII cable station with a narrow thoroughfare.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 30 Sep 2022
0.08 miles
5
Exit from the emergency staircase
Porthcurno is strongly associated with telegraphy, with a large number of telegraph cables (and latterly fibre optics) landing on the beaches here from all parts of the globe. During the war, this became vital communications which were potentially vulnerable to attack, so the facilities were moved into bunkers by digging tunnels into the cliff. This is the clifftop above the bunkers, which can be accessed by the emergency stairwell.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 1 Sep 2024
0.08 miles
6
Transmitter by the escape tunnel stairs
The communications facility at Porth Curno was expanded into underground tunnels during the war to protect the infrastructure. This is the top of the escape stairs from the tunnels.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 1 Sep 2024
0.08 miles
7
The exit from the escape staircase at Porthcurno cable station
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Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 20 Jul 2011
0.08 miles
8
Young swallows in their nest
The nest is at the top of the escape staircase from the Porthcurno cable station Image
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 20 Jul 2011
0.08 miles
9
The escape staircase at Porthcurno cable station
Now a museum, the cable station was an important location during WWII and underground caverns were excavated into the hillside to protect the installation from aerial attack. This escape staircase provided an exit route in case of the portals being obstructed. The two signs in the foreground are warning visitors that swallows are nesting at the top of the stairs Image
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 20 Jul 2011
0.08 miles
10
PK Porthcurno
The Centre for Global Communications, or Porth Curno Telegraph museum documents the history of the undersea cables running from the UK to connect to the rest of the world from this village.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 1 Sep 2024
0.08 miles