The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORKS' SPARE PARTS STORAGE AREA SOME THIRTEEN ACRES IN EXTENT, WHERE EVERYTHING STORED IS SUPPORTED OFF THE GROUND BY CONCRETE PYRAMIDS. (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
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 MO
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
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL SHEETS IN AUSTRALIA IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY WHICH HAS PROVED OF GREAT WARTIME VALUE. THE RAW MATERIAL IS SUPPLIED BY THE B.H.P. NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS IN THE FORM OF SHE
GIVING ONE OF THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS THIRTEEN OPEN HEARTH FURNACES A "DRINK" OF MOLTEN PIG IRON. THIS OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT SUPPLIES THE BULK OF THE STEEL WHICH AUSTRA
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
