The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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-COMER. IT BRINGS THE GAS GENERATED BY THE PROCESS OF SMELTING IRON ORE, COKE AND LIMESTONE TO THE FOOT OF THE GAS CLEANING PLANT, WHICH REMOVES IMPURITIES SO THAT THE GAS CAN BE USED FOR HEATING. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
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
THIS CLOSE UP SHOWS RUDDY GOLDEN SLAG FROM THE BLAST FURNACE FLOWING INTO A LADLE. SLAG IS THE DROSS WHICH FORMS IN THE SMELTING OPERATION AND FLOATS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOLTEN IRON. IT IS TAPPED OF
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
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
Unidentified Iraqi workers and engineers examine the mustard incinerator, furnace port and blower fans at the Iraqi-developed destruction plant. The upper pipe works are the injection lines for feedin
