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 wire is held in a bench vice so that the eye is below the jaws of the vice and he is using a marlin spike on the upper strands The main strands have been unwound to reveal about 14 individual wires. 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: | PCT1256 |
|---|---|
| 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 |