Two men splicing wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

Two men splicing wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. They are using marlinspikes to make an eight-strand wire rope with an eyelet in one end. Transparencies numbers P63300CT to P63356CT were taken of this process, probably on the same or succeeding days.

Object Details

ID: P63349CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: October 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 63 mm x 62 mm