The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THE PIERCING OF THE CLAY PLUG IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BLAST FURNACE. SOME 150 TONS OF MOLTEN PIG IRON ARE RELEASED AND THIS FIERY MOLTEN STREAM OF METAL FLOWS ALONG RUNNERS MADE IN THE SAND FLOOR OF THE CASTING PIT, AND SO ON TO THE WAITING LADLES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
WHAT HAPPENS FOLLOWING THE PLACING OF THE CLAY PLUG IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BLAST FURNACE. SOME 150 TONS OF MOLTEN PIG IRON ARE RELEASED AND THIS FIERY GOLDEN STREAM OF METAL FLOWS ALONG RUNNERS MADE IN
SCENE ON THE BLAST FURNACE CASTING FLOOR AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS AS THE FURNACE MEN WORK ON THE JOB OF PIERCING THE CLAY PLUG WHICH WILL RELEASE A TORRENT OF MOLTEN PIG IR
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
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN IRON AND STEEL LTD. BLAST FURNACE PLANT SHOWING (AT LEFT) THE INCLINE UP WHICH RAW MATERIALS ARE HOISTED TO THE TOP OF THE FURNACE, AND LOWER RIGHT, MOLTEN SLAG FLOWING
HERE IS HOWN THE TAPPING SIDE OF THE OPEN HEARTH FURNACE PLANT AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. THIS SIDE OF THE FURNACE IS LOWER THAN THE CHARGING SIDE WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN
THE OPEN HEARTH CHARGING FLOOR AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS. IN THE FOREGROUND IS AN ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED FURNACE CHARGING MACHINE, AND IN THE BACKGROUND, A LADLE CONTAINING M
