A man creating an eye in the end of a wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A man creating an eye in the end of a wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The end of the wire is held is a large bench vice and he is using a large marlin spike to open the six strands of wire so that he can feed in one of the strands. He is wearing a blue boiler suit. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT1247 to PCT1259 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1252
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1965-1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm