Philip William Blakeley, 1915–1994
Philip Blakeley was an electrical engineer who worked on the design of the Cook Strait cable project in the late 1950s.
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Arthur Egbert Davenport, 1901–1973
Arthur Davenport worked as an electrical administrator with the New Zealand Electricity Department. He pushed for the development of South Island hydroelectric dams and the associated Cook Strait power cable in the early 1960s.
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James Kennedy Logan, 1844–1912
In 1894 James Logan was appointed superintendent of electric lines in Wellington. Over the next decade he oversaw the laying of new telegraph cables under Cook Strait, and the first trans-Pacific telegraph cable.
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Thomas Philip Shand, 1911–1969
Tom Shand was a National government minister during the 1960s. A strong advocate for investing in electricity, he oversaw the establishment of the Cook Strait power cable.
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Julius Vogel, 1835–1899
As premier of New Zealand, Julius Vogel was interested in international communications, and championed cable links with Australia, Britain and the rest of the world in the 1870s.
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