A close view of two smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A close view of two smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. One is using tongs to hold a length of steel rod in position while the other man is holding a shaping clamp on the hammer base. The photographer is standing to one side of the hammer. Transparencies numbers PCT3160 to PCT3177 were taken during the same operation.

Object Details

ID: PCT3168
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: National Maritime Museum Photographic Studio.
Date made: 1983
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm