The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THE WIRE RODS ARE REDUCED TO THE VARIOUS GAUGES IN WIRE DRAWING MACHINES. THE OPERATION SIMPLY STATED CONSISTS OF PULLING THE WIRE ROD THROUGH A STEEL DIE SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN CIRCUMFERENCE THAN THE ROD ITSELF. THE WIRE ROD IS POINTED FIRST TO ENABLE IT TO GO THROUGH DIE AND THE POINTED END IS GRIPPED IN A VICE ATTACHED TO A ROTATING DRUM, WHICH WHEN SET IN MOTION DRAWS THE ROD THROUGH THE DIE.. ETC.... (NEGATIVE BY B.H.P.).
WOODFORD, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1942-07. SAFETY DEVICES ARE INCORPORATED ON ALL MACHINES OF THE 7TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL MOBILE LAUNDRY AND FORWARD DE-CONTAMINATION UNIT TO INSURE THAT RISK OF INJUR
At Sea, 1944. The Taut Wire Machine on the Quarter Deck of the hydrographic survey vessel HMAS Moresby. Taut-wire measuring gear was designed in 1903 by Mr C.A.O. Berner of the Telegraph Construction
Large circular drum consisting of an external brass cylinder, with two vertical rows of engraved ranging measurements (1 to 45 and 2 to 108), attached to a smaller internal steel drum which incorporat
Four 'staples' to secure barbed wire entanglements to the ground. Each staple is made from a length of steel rod, bent in the shape of an arch. Both ends are pointed. These four staples were found
View of the muddy swamp by the road between Vung Tau and Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, relati
View of the muddy swamp by the road between Vung Tau and Nui Dat. One of 477 colour 35mm transparencies taken or collected by 2784336 Signalman (Sig) Stuart Lindsay Weller, 104 Signal Squadron, relati
