Machines in the Block Mills, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Inside the Block Mills near No. 6 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing, in the foreground, a large old belt-driven machine, Yard No. 1904, which is standing on a wrought iron frame and has a large spoked flywheel next to it. A wooden cupboard is on the wall on the right. Another large machine is in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard Negative Register notes this as "machines in Block Mills for museum"

Object details

ID: N26584
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1 March 1948
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm