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A smith making a new spring using the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Four smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close detail view of steel pulley wheels bolted to the roof inside the Ropery building in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith working at his bench in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Members of the Chatham Home Guard standing at ease while on parade. (Monochrome transparency)
A general view of Docks 2, 3 and 4, the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a new spring using the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith working at the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Three smiths sitting near on open furnace inside the extension in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Smithery workers with various type of lifting gear, probably in the chain test house in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
Looking into an open gas-fired furnace in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman using an anvil to shape a chain link in the chain making shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
Rivetted steel units on the ground in the north bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An overhead view of part of a model of Chatham Dockyard as it existed in the mid 1700s. (Colour transparency)
A smith using a S. Russell & Sons Ltd heavy duty metal sawing machine, Yard No. 1347, in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the main facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew making a video of metal items being treated in the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A plan showing the principal architectural elements of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The front facade of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the north bay extension in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking north-west from area A19. (Colour transparency)
A smith operating the control lever of a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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