Story: Engineering on the sea floor

Damaged cables (3rd of 3)

This footage from 1993 shows the damaged state of the two Cook Strait power cables that were laid in 1964.

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Keith Lewis, 'Engineering on the sea floor - Submarine cables', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/6636/damaged-cables (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Keith Lewis, published 12 Jun 2006