A smith and a hammerman forging the foot of a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A smith and a hammerman forging the foot of a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. The smith, wearing green overalls, is standing by the B & S Massey steam hammer holding a long-handled weight while the hammerman, wearing white overalls, is using a pair of tongs to hold the red-hot foot of the stanchion on the base of the hammer. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT3331 to PCT3335 were taken during the same operation.

Object Details

ID: PCT3332
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: 40 mm x 35 mm
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