A hammerman operating a handwheel on the side of an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard during the forging of a large billet.

A hammerman operating a handwheel on the side of an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard during the forging of a large billet. The hammerman is wearing white overalls. The red-hot billet is on the ground next to the hammer base. The photographer is standing in front of the hammer. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT3337 to PCT3354 were taken during the same operation.

Object Details

ID: PCT3353
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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