This sea cable house is linked with an equivalent house at Eide, which has also been given a protection order.
Due to their shape these sea cable houses gained the nickname, “Sput ...
This sea cable house is linked with an equivalent house at Eide, which has also been given a protection order.
Due to their shape these sea cable houses gained the nickname, “Sputnik”. The houses are small, round and topped with a pointy, aluminium roof without windows. They were also used to house frequency inverters and regenerators.
The cable houses in Odda were built in 1966 by the sea cable services, and served as inlets for a 14 wire-pair cable. The year after, a 38 pair cable was stretched between the two houses.
The “Sputnik” model was used for both sea cable and for long distance cable. The first telephone kiosks arrived around 1950, and were intended for emergency telephones and were installed by mountain passes by the KNA (the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club). These have later been gifted to NAF (the Norwegian Automobile Association).
This type was supposedly manufactured in both aluminium and iron/steel.
Constructed: 29.01.1966
The house was still in service in 2016.
About the object
aboutHuset er lite og rundt uten vindu , og har spisst tak i aluminium. Etter formen ble disse sjøkabelhusene kalt "Sputnik." Typen skal ha vært produsert både i aluminium og jern/stål.
Kabelhusene i Sandvin og Eide (tka d 04) ble satt opp av Sjøkabeltjenesten i 1966, og tjenestegjorde som inntak for en 14 pars kabel. Året etter ble det strukket en 38 pars kabel mellom husene. "Sputnik"-modellen ble brukt både til sjøkabel og fjernkabel. De første kioskene, som kom rundt 1950, var beregnet for nødtelefoner og ble satt opp på fjelloverganger av KNA (Kongelig Norsk Automobilklub).
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