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The west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking along the length of one of the bays in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a man operating an electric overhead traveller to lift six newly coated spikes out of the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A small hearth, cooling trough and workbench in the north-west side of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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 general view of the main facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position. (Colour transparency)
Inside the north bay of 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)
HMS Pembroke Workbase and Sailing Centre, Dry Dock 2, 3 and 4 and No. 3 Slipway Shed in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine 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)
A small hearth against the west wall of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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. (Colour transparency)
A formal group photograph of the employees of the Painters Department of the C.M.D. in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
Inside the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking south-east from the north side. (Colour transparency)
The facade of the Master Smith's cabin in the west front of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith at his bench working on a nearly completed spring in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close up view of the turntable gearing of the track mounted crane between Dock Number 4 and Number 3 Slip Shed in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close detail view of steel pulley wheels bolted to the roof inside the Ropery building in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a lathe or drill bedplate in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Rivetted steel units on the ground in the north bay of No. 1 Smithery 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)
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)
Pieter van der Merwe making a video of locksmiths in their workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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