There is a lot doing on to find a new home for the Greenwich archive - hopefully will be able to update you soon.  

In the meantime perhaps you might like to know about this zoom talk - with access to a proper archive we could achieve so much more like this.  We need access to that information so we can tell the world how it was done and who did it

Enderby’s Wharf: How Greenwich connected the world
Greenwich has another scheduled monument: the riverside gear at Enderby’s Wharf from which this corner of south-east London drove the international communications revolution. From the 1850s, Greenwich built most of the subsea cables that connected the world by telegram; and 100 years later it built the first transatlantic telephone cable.

In October 2025, Historic England scheduled the Enderby’s Wharf jetty and winding gear, which means they now have the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of London. (Picture by Otis Gilbert for Historic England)

In a Greenwich Industrial History Society talk on Tuesday 9 December Alan Burkitt-Gray will explain why the equipment and the site are so important to global communications – creating the forerunner of today’s internet.

This talk is by Zoom and is free to GIHS members and non-members.

How to reserve your place for this free online talk

You can book a place now by emailing greenwichindustrial@gmail.com with the subject line “GIHS Enderby’s Wharf talk” and we will send you Zoom log-in details just before the talk starts.

We gather electronically at 19:15 UK time (not earlier) on Tuesday 9 December, and Alan will start speaking at 19:30. You’ll be able to ask questions via the chat function or via your own mic.

Alan Burkitt-Gray
tel +44 79 6202 1330
alan@burkitt-gray.com