A fitter working on a four strand wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A fitter working on a four strand wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The wire rope is held in a large vice and the man is using a large flat file to clean a joint. The vice is mounted on a heavy duty wooden bench and a number of letter punches are on the bench by the side of the vice.

Object Details

ID: P64842CT
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