A smith operating the control lever of a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A smith operating the control lever of a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. The photographer is standing in front of the hammer looking to one side. Part of the 20th century brick-built extension to the machine shop is in the background. Transparencies numbers PCT3160 to PCT3177 were taken during the same operation. A vertical format image.

Object Details

ID: PCT3173
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: 40 mm x 35 mm