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 |