Sorting salvage on a conveyor belt in a workshop in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Four women workers sorting salvage on a conveyor belt in a workshop in Portsmouth Dockyard. The belt contains wood, paper, rags and other items. There are four storage bins by the belt, one is for rags and one for metal. The labels for the remaining two are not visible. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register describes this image as "culling old iron off belt" and the register number P35/43 is written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25190
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 15 July 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm