SUBMARINE CABLE PLOW

E&MP5.030

Cables

September 1938

Submarine cable plow diagram [similar to submarine cable plow -see 005.029]

1. Share
2. Guard Plate
3. Runners
4. Towing Chain
5. Lower deck or Platform
6. Upper or Main Deck
7. Arms and Hinge Pins
8. Tension Springs
9. Bellmouth
10. Guide Sheaves
11. Lowering Attachment
12. Electric Cable
13. Rheostat Boxes
14. Pendulum - Transverse
15. Pendulum - Longitudinal
16. Cable Feeler or Inclination Gauge
17. Cable Dynamometer
18. Penetration Gauge
19. Submarine Cable Passing Through Plow

Length Overall = 19'-9"
Width = 8'-11"
Weight In Air = 10 1/2 Long Tons [2,240 pounds or exactly 1016.0469088 kilograms]

Original Caption by Science Service
^© Ocean Cable Engineer - Western Union Telegraph Company