A close view of a smith forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.
A close view of a smith forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. The smith, wearing green overalls, is using a pair of tongs to move the position of the red-hot billet on the hammer base. The photographer is standing just behind the hammer. This image is slightly under-exposed. Transparencies numbers PCT3337 to PCT3354 were taken during the same operation.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT3352 |
|---|---|
| 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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