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Photograph 053170 Second World War, 1939-1945DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. OIL STORAGE TANKS BEING REPAIRED AND MODIFIED AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. THE TOP OF THIS OIL STORAGE TANK WAS DAMAGED BY A JAPANESE BOMB DURING AN AIR RAID.
DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. OIL STORAGE TANKS BEING REPAIRED AND MODIFIED AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN A JAPANESE AIR RAID.

DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. STEEL OIL STORAGE TANK WHICH WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE BOMB. THE OIL CAUGHT FIRE AND THE RESULTANT HEAT CAUSED THE SIDES TO COLLAPSE.

DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. OIL TANKS WHICH WERE DAMAGED IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. THEY ARE BEING REPAIRED AND SHEATHED IN CONCRETE WITH CONCRETE SEPARATOR WALLS ENCLOSING EACH TANK.

DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. WHARF DAMAGED DURING JAPANESE AIR RAID, IN THE COURSE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION. THE TEMPORARY OIL LINE IS FOR THE REFUELLING OF SHIPS.

DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. SECTION OF COAL WHARF DAMAGED DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID.

DARWIN, NT. 1943-07-03. THE WHARVES, WHICH WERE DAMAGED IN THE JAPANESE AIR RAID, IN THE COURSE OF RECONSTRUCTION.
