Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets Finish:Single Entomological study of the Yellow

Entomological study of the Yellow owl-fly Suhpalacsa flavipes an insect native to Australia

'Gin Lane'

1st Earl of Orford (Second Creation)

figure 5 Polyergus rufescens

Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets Finish:Single Entomological study of the YellowInspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, London, 20th century. The cables are fastened to the wires by rawhide suspenders, and the man is detaching the thick dark cable from the old wire and fastening it to the new wire, which also supports him. He sits in a 'bosun's chair', consisting of a board slung by a loop at either end, fastened to the wire.