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History
Town History
Birth of LB-MC-OC
Red Cliff
History
Transatlantic Cable
The SPA of Logy Bay
Sports History
Our
Regatta History
Regatta Crews:
1901
Outer Cove
1923-26 Outer Cove
1928 Breen's East End
1981
Outer Cove
1982
Outer Cove
1983 Outer Cove
1989 Outer Cove
2001 Outer Cove
2005
Canada Games
Softball
Basketball
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Laying of Transatlantic Cable at Middle Cove
A
transatlantic cable from Porthcurno, near Lands End, England to
Middle Cove Beach was landed on August 23, 1953. The cable
itself was one inch in diameter and weighed 2.6 tons per mile
and measured a total distance of 15,252 miles. It was laid by
the Monarch, the largest cable ship in the world at that time,
at an average speed of six knots. Oil drums, connected to the
cable with the use of heavy ropes, were used as floats. It was
brought ashore by a small boat and hooked to a tractor which
pulled it the rest of the way. Because of bad weather it took
several attempts to land the cable. Cable connections from
Middle Cove by sea to Nova Scotia and by land to St. John’s were
later made to complete the final link.
Source: The
Logy Bay - Middle Cove - Outer Cove Heritage Committee
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