A smith standing by the John Bull wire coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A smith standing by the John Bull wire coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. He is using a special key to fit a length of thin steel to the working mechanism of the coiling machine, in preparation of making a new spring. Transparencies numbers PCT3296 and PCT3298 to PCT3303 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT3296
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