The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 NO. 2 BLAST FURNACE AT KEMBLA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND PRODUCES MORE THAN 1,000 TONS OF PIG IRON PER DAY.
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
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
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
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
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
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
