An image showing 'N25162; A close detail of the foot of one of the support legs to the 10-ton travelling spider crane situated between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard. The flat wheels are resting on a temporary curved steel plate and not within a track. The chassis does not seem to have any flanged wheels. A number of workmen are hauling an a geared chain purchase. The Battery House between A and B Locks is in the background.'

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The spider crane between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A close detail of the foot of one of the support legs to the 10-ton travelling spider crane situated between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard. The flat wheels are resting on a temporary curved steel plate and not within a track. The chassis does not seem to have any flanged wheels. A number of workmen are hauling an a geared chain purchase. The Battery House between A and B Locks is in the background.

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Object details

ID:	N25162
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	18 November 1942
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm