A reel of wire suspended from a hook in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A reel of wire suspended by a hook in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The reel is held in a canvas sling and the hook has a safe working load of 5 tons. A number of similar reels are on the workshop floor and a man in overalls is manoeuvring the suspended reel.

Object Details

ID: P64901CT
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