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SECTION OF THE BY-PRODUCT COKE OVENS PLANT OF 161 OVENS AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS. THE IMMENSE PLUME OF STEAM RISING FROM THE CHIMNEY STACK IS THE RESULT OF THE COKE QUENCHING OPERATION IN WHICH MORE THAN 5,500 GALLONS OF WATER ARE SHOWERED ON TEN TONS OF INCANDESCENT COKE IN ONE MINUTE. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
STEAM RISING FROM COKE QUENCHING SURMOUNTS THIS VIEW OF THE BY-PRODUCTS PLANT OF AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM THE SPARES STORAGE AREA WHICH COVERS THIRTEEN ACRES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTT
A MAN MADE CLOUD IN THE FORM OF STEAM RISING FROM THE COKE QUENCHING OPERATION IS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A SECTION OF THE B.H.P. NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS COKE OVEN PLANT. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FRO
RISING MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR THIS BLAST FURNACE TOP IS SYMBOLIC OF THE GREAT IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA. THE LARGE PIPE (AT LEFT) IS CALLED THE DOWN-CO
THE BLAST FURNACE PLANT AT AUSTRALIAN IRON AND STEEL LTD. THE BLAST FURNACE REDUCES IRON ORE, COKE AND LIMESTONE TO MOLTEN PIG IRON, WHICH IN TURNS FORMS THE MAJOR RAW MATERIAL FOR STEEL MAKING. THE N
TO MEET THE WAR'S DEMANDS FOR STEEL OF A CERTAIN METALLURGICAL TYPE, THE ACID OPEN HEARTH FURNACE HAS BEEN RECENTLY BUILT AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS. SOME 40 TONS OF THIS SPECIAL STEEL IS SHOWN BEIN
IRONSTONE VITAL TO AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT BEING UNLOADED AT THE B.H.P. NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. THE TEN-TON GRAB IS SHOWN RELEASING ITS LOAD OF IRONSTONE PLUCKED FROM THE HOLD OF THE STEAMER BERTHED AT
