A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. The smith, wearing green overalls, is holding the red hot billet on the base of the B & S Massey steam hammer while one of the hammermen, wearing white overalls, is holding a moulding iron on top of the billet. This transparency is slightly under-exposed. Transparencies numbers PCT3324 to PCT3330 were taken during the same operation.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT3325 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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