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Two unidentified men sitting at desks in a small office in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Medway House, the former Commissioner's House, and the Communications Centre on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A view of high level windows in the corner of a building 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)
The front facade of Medway House, formerly the Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of 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 small circular smelter on the ground in the west end of the north bay of No. 1 Smithery 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)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer and associated boiler in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Monochrome transparency)
A close view of a range of tools in front of a B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths in the north-western corner of the north bay in 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 along the length of a bay in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard, showing B & S Massey steam hammers. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the top of a work bench inside the extension in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking west-north-west from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing the Nuclear Office Building in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the main facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop 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)
Three smiths sitting near on open furnace inside the extension in 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)
Looking south-west-by-south along Tinker's Alley showing the west facade of No. 1 Smithery and the Clock Tower offices in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith working on a chain in the pit in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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