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SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING AND REPAIRING. 



moved by a lever pivoted oa a bracket fixed to the iron loop A. 

 While cable is paying out the gap in each ring is closed, the 

 short piece B being fastened in by catches, and the underneath 

 end of the coil is passed up through the pocket in each ring 

 formed by the loop A. The end brought out at the top is 

 then spliced on to end in next tank. When nearly up to splice, 

 ship is slowed down, and the bight allowed to pass up by 

 opening the gaps in the rings ; the movement of the cable Is 



Lever. 



Fig. 178.— Joint in Tank Rings. 



then unobstructed to the next tank, and paying out proceeds 

 at the usual rate. Generally the crinoline is not found necessary 

 in tanks less than about 25f fc. in diameter. On board the large 

 cable-laying vessels of the Telegraph Construction and Main- 

 tenance Company a telescopic guide answering the above 

 purpose was designed by the late Capt. E. C. Halpin. This is 

 fixed over each tank, and can be raised or lowered by a simple 

 gear. 



