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Description: | This caulking hammer was used by a worker at Readhead's shipyards in South Shields. Caulking was used to fasten steel plates together before the advent of welding. Holes were punched around the edges and the plates lined up. Hot rivets were driven through the holes of both plates to fasten them together. Finally the edges of the overlapping seams were hammered with a tool like this to seal any leaks. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East shipbuilding | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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