The interior of the Welding Centre, No. 1 Ship Shop, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The interior of the welding centre in No. 1 Ship Shop in Portsmouth Dockyard. Two men are using microscopes to examine small pieces of metal while two other men watch them. A foreman is using a press to bend short lengths of flat metal bar. A padlocked metal box against the wall contains acetylene welding gear for training.

Object details

ID: N26120
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 11 February 1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm