The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-26. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CRUSHING BATTERY AT THE NINE MILE QUARRY WITH TRANSPORT IN FOREGROUND. THE PLANT AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT USED IS THE PROPERTY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND US ARMIES. AT PRESENT WORKED BY 5 AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYMENT COMPANY AND IS COMMANDED BY W242894 CAPTAIN I. M. MACLENNAN MC.
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-26. NINE MILE QUARRY WAS WORKED BY NATIVE LABOUR UNTIL 1942-02, WHEN IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE MILITARY FORCES. IT WAS THEN WORKED FOR PERIODS OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS BY E
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-26. SAPPER OF 5TH AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYMENT COMPANY DRILLING BLASTING HOLES IN QUARRY FACE AT THE NINE MILE QUARRY.
The 12 Commander Royal Engineers (Works) firing a 350 lb charge of gelignite and monobell at the Nine Mile Quarry, Port Moresby. The hill was 150 feet higher when civil contractors commenced quarryin
PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-06-26. NINE MILE QUARRY WAS WORKED BY NATIVE LABOUR UNTIL 1942-02, WHEN IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE MILITARY FORCES. IT WAS THEN WORKED FOR PERIODS OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS BY E
350 lbs of gelignite and monobell wired by 12 Commander Royal Engineers (Works) prior to blasting a section of the quarry face at Nine Mile Quarry, Port Moresby.
The result after firing a 350 lb charge of gelignite and monobell by the 12 Commander Royal Engineers (Works) at the Nine Mile Quarry, Port Moresby.
