'Sheers in Woolwich Dockyard' mb-height 4654 Lady James of Eltham

Lady James of Eltham

October 1844

View with a horse-drawn wagon and a man pushing a handcart

West front of St Paul's Cathedral

'Sheers in Woolwich Dockyard' mb-height 4654 Lady James of ElthamElevation showing sheers holding a mast stepped into a pier, with details of the iron hoops and plates. The figures are accompanied by an explanatory key. Plate 4 from the book Improvements in naval architecture, by Oliver Lang (Woolwich, 1853). The plate is headed 'SHEERS IN WOOLWICH DOCKYARD' and is inscribed below 'H. W. Hampton Del. Day & Son, Lithrs. To the Queen.' Oliver Lang (1777 1853) was a master shipwright at the Royal Naval Dockyard at