The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicting the unusual method of launching at the Steel Mills Yard of the Broken Hill Proprietory Company. Each boat is launched completely fitted out and ready to go into service, Newcastle, New South Wales.
An interesting feature of this yard was the outfitting of each vessel before launching. They are 85' in length and intricately fitted and have been completed and launched ready for the Navy to take ov
Depicts a drawing of steel tug boats under construction at the Steel Mills yard in Newcastle, New South Wales.
At J & A Brown's boat yard, where the first Australian all-welded ship was built. Here also was engineered the 'revolving jig' method of construction, to ensure all over 'down-hand' welding, Hexham, H
HERE IS HOWN THE TAPPING SIDE OF THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. THIS SIDE OF THE FURNACE IS LOWER THAN THE CHARGING SIDE WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN
Depicts a tug boat docked, with a light house on the coast in the middle distance. Inscription on previous page suggests notation was made some time after the fact, perhaps when the artist had returne
The development of these all-welded steel landing barges was the work of the Ford Motor Company in Brisbane in conjunction with naval and military engineers. The first barge to be built measured only