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Two machines in the side extension to Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking down the staircase from the twine room to the ground floor in the Ropery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a smith putting a heated spring into a peanut oil dipping tank in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The transit area for the Centre Smith Section in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths at the west end of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a man operating an electric overhead traveller to lift six newly coated spikes out of the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A selection of tools and weights at the base of a lattice steel support in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A Davy Bros Ltd steam hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A general view of track mounted crane number 498 alongside No. 4 Dock in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A small hearth against the west wall of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the Master Smith's cabin at the west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of track mounted crane number 498 alongside No. 4 Dock in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
Looking south-west-by-south along Tinker's Alley showing the west facade of No. 1 Smithery and the Clock Tower offices in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths in the north-western corner of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths at the west end of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (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 close view of the top of a work bench inside the extension 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 small circular smelter on the ground in the west end of the north bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench 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)
A close detail view of a bolted cast iron cruciform truss supporting a corrugated plastic sheeting roof in the Ropery 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 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)
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