A fitter working on a wire rope using the Cable Covers Ltd Wire Rope Press in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.
A fitter working on a wire rope using the Cable Covers Ltd Wire Rope Press in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The man appears to be making an eye in a four strand wire rope. The manufacturer's plaque on the machine reads "Cable Covers Ltd, Leeds, England, Talurit Division, Patent No. 638566".
Object Details
| ID: | P64841CT |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1965-1974 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 60 mm x 61 mm |