A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.

A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. A close view of his hand holding a steel wedge and opening the gap in a heated link laid on a steel block. A home made pair of pliers and a heavy mallet are on the bench. Transparencies numbers PCT3365 to PCT3378 were taken during the same operation.

Object Details

ID: PCT3378
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