A smith transferring a heated spring from the electric-fired Wild Barfield furnace to a dipping tank in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard.
A smith transferring a heated spring from the electric-fired Wild Barfield furnace to a dipping tank in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. He is standing well back from the open furnace and the spring is on a very long handled perforated spade. A John Bull spring coil winding machine and the peanut oil dipping tank are in the foreground. Transparencies numbers PCT3309 to PCT3312 were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT3310 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | National Maritime Museum Photographic Studio. |
| Date made: | May - June 1983 |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm |