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water transport: passenger vessel: liner
water transport component: interior, vessel: music room
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Garner, Will
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A general view of track mounted crane number 498 alongside No. 4 Dock in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A distant view of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, HMS Pembroke Sailing Club house and Storehouse 104 in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith at work in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking up at the clock tower on the roof on Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith working at his bench in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking up at the clock tower on the roof on Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking into the north-west corner of the south bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman using an anvil to shape a chain link in the chain making shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A smith and a hammerman forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the north bay extension in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking north-west and up from area A19. (Colour transparency)
A smith forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a new spring using the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew setting up in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An unidentified gas-fired heating unit in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew on the site of No. 2 Smithery filming the west facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking south-east-by-east inside the north bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Three smiths working on a large shackle under a B & S Massey power hammer in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A smith working at the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The western end of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A small hearth against the west wall of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a new spring using the John Bull coiling machine in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking down from an elevated position showing a partitioned rest area inside a large building, possibly No. 1 Boiler Shop, in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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