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One of the smiths in the Firehearth Smiths' shop in the extension on the side of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A portrait of Mr. N. E. Ralph, Technical Supervisor of smiths, working in his office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking down at the pavement outside the entrance doors of the C223 Chain Cable Test House on the west side Main Gate Road, north of Number 8 Slip, in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Medway House, the former Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The transit area for the Centre Smith Section in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith using a S. Russell & Sons Ltd heavy duty metal sawing machine, Yard No. 1347, in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the pipe bending shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close detail view of a bolted cast iron cruciform truss supporting a corrugated plastic sheeting roof in the Ropery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman forging the foot of a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking east from near the main double doors. (Colour transparency)
A small enclosed hearth with cooling trough against the north wall in the north-west corner of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a very cluttered desk in the corner of a locksmith's office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking north-west-by-west from north-west corner of the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing cranes by Numbers 5 and 6 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close-up view of ropes and chain fittings in the corner of a wire rope making shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths at the west end of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two men working in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A selection of tools and weights at the base of a lattice steel support in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the south bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith working on a chain in the pit in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking east-north-east from the west end. (Colour transparency)
A film crew making a video of metal items being treated in the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An unidentified foreman or inspector looking at old photographs at his desk in his office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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