A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. He is holding the handle of a small flat plate that he has just taken out of the furnace and his lunchtime sandwich is on the plate. He is looking at the camera and smiling. The furnace is manufactured by Wild Barfield. Transparency number PCT3284 was taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT3285
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: National Maritime Museum Photographic Studio.
Date made: May - June 1983
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm