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Four smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close front view of the senior locksmith using calipers to measure a key at his bench in the locksmiths' workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close-up view of an hand-written notice that is advertising limbo dancing and it is displayed 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 packing up a mobile oxy-acetylene torch in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of Docks 2, 3 and 4, the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
The east end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a new spring being put in the gas-fired Wild Barfield furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith working at an Avery 15 cwt machine in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a smith putting a heated spring into a peanut oil dipping tank in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard, looking across one end. (Colour transparency)
A mooring party on board a workboat in a basin in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A man laying newly coated chains on an Avery electronic weighing machine in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking across the centre and north bays of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith operating the control lever of a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A cluttered corner of the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant view of the front facade of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking north-east from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing Numbers 7 and 8 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking west-south-west from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing the Factory and the covered slips in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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