A fitter working on a four strand wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A fitter working on a four strand wire rope in the R. & H. Green & Silley Weir rope section building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The wire rope is held in a large vice and the man is using a large flat file to clean a joint. The vice is mounted on a heavy duty wooden bench and a number of letter punches are on the bench by the side of the vice.