An underwater cutting torch displayed in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire
A photographic study of a complete underwater oxy-acetylene cutting torch in Portsmouth Dockyard. It has three short pipes leading to its nozzle and the controls include wheels labelled gas and oxy. The negative has been slightly retouched with red masking pigment. See also negative number N25446 for this torch broken down into its component parts.
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Object details
| ID: | N25445 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative; Red pigment |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | March 1944 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm |