Title
The trans-Andean telephone cable between Chile and Argentina
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 273/01
Date
1931 to 1963
Creator
Scope and Content
Photographs and papers related to the trans-Andean telephone cable between Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina, the world's highest telephone cable, installed circa 1930. The cable was made at the North Woolwich factory of STC.
All the items in SC MSS 273/1 were originally in the same unmarked folder (no longer present).
Exent
1 Folder
Admin. history/Biography
John Kemp (1896-1991), who was born in Switzerland, joined Western Electric in 1921 which became Standard Telephones & Cables (STC). He rose to the position of Chief Cable Engineer and travelled extensively with the company until 1939. John Kemp continued to work for STC after WWII up until his retirement from STC in the 1950s. He wrote many technical papers for Standard Telecommunication Laboratories Ltd (STL), which was the central research laboratory for STC, and also wrote several journal articles.
John Kemp joined the IEE as a Graduate member in 1924, became an Associate Member in 1926 and then a Member in 1935.
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Level of description
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