The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THESE LENGTHS OF STEEL ARE CONVEYED SLOWLY THROUGH A FURNACE WHICH HEATS THEM TO THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE FOR ROLLING BETWEEN ROLLS OF THE HAND OPERATED MILL SHOWN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. BY THIS MEANS, THEY ARE REDUCED TO THE REQUIRED THICKNESS AND AT THE SAME TIME ELONGATED TO APPROXIMATELY THE CORRECT LENGTHS. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
TO MEET THE WAR'S DEMANDS FOR STEEL OF A CERTAIN METALLURGICAL TYPE, THE ACID OPEN HEARTH FURNACE HAS BEEN RECENTLY BUILT AT AN AUSTRALIAN STEEL WORKS. SOME 40 TONS OF THIS SPECIAL STEEL IS SHOWN BEIN
IN THIS PICTURE, THE SKELP IS SHOWN LEAVING THE BUTT WELDING MACHINE ON RIGHT AND AFTER FORMING INTO A LARGE LOOP ENTERING THE REHEATING FURNACE ON THE LEFT. IN ITS PASSAGE THROUGHT THE FURNACE THE SK
THE 250-LB. BOMB BODIES ARE MADE TO A HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY, AND THE OPERATOR IS HERE SHOWN CHECKING THE THICKNESS OF THE BOMB CASING WHICH MUST BE CORRECT TO WITHIN .008 OF AN INCH. (NEGATIVE BY BO
STEEL HELMET MANUFACTURE IN AUSTRALIA. IN THIS CUTTING-PRESS OPERATION THE EDGES OF THE HELMET ARE CUT ACCURATELY TO CORRECT SIZE AND SHAPE. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
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
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
