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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', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/engineering-on-the-sea-floor/2/3/3