008954 Accession Number: 008954

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PIPES WREATHED ABOUT TANKS AND COOLING TOWERS. GAS PRODUCING PLANT (LEFT), WATER COOLING TOWER FOR GAS PLANT (CENTRE) AND TANKS FOR NITROGEN AND FILTERED WATER (RIGHT). THE PLANT PRODUCES LARGE QUANTITIES OF NITRIC ACID AND AMMONIUM NITRATE, TWO CHEMICALS VITAL IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES FOR MUNITIONS.

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Accession Number
008954
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c August 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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