India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company

The India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company was a London-based company based in Silvertown, East London. It was founded by Stephen William Silver in March 1864 as Silver's Indiarubber Works and Telegraph Cable Company Ltd. However, in July that year the name was changed to the India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company.

The company entered the business of laying as well as manufacturing cables for other companies engaged in cable laying: in 1865 the company manufactured and laid its first cable. Galvanometers were part of the test equipment for submarine cables.

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The Collection 

The Collection

The Collection include Displays, Air Data Computers, Inertial Navigation Units, Flight Controls & Instruments, Circuit Modules, Sticks & Throttles & a miscellany of Company memorabilia.

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This Archive contains documents in general associated with the history, products & activities of the Rochester site. It also holds items of general interest about the technologies used within the Company & the platforms the products were used on.

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This archive contains the collection of Framed Pictures Negatives and 35mm Slides. There are too many Negatives and Slides to list at this stage.

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