A workman putting a reinforced eye in the end of a hemp rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A workman putting a reinforced eye in the end of a hemp rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. Six strands of steel wire are being interwoven with the rope strands. The man is resting the rope on a large circular wooden block and is using a large steel hammer to flatten the strands. Transparencies numbers P64846CT to P64848CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64846CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1965-1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm x 61 mm