Description
MORTAR BOMBS ARE AMONG THE MANY WAR COMMODITIES AUSTRALIA IS PRODUCING IN VAST QUANTITIES FOR EMPIRE NEEDS. TEN TONS OF SCRAP METAL, TO WHICH ALLOYS ARE ADDED, BECOMES MOLTEN STEEL AFTER THREE HOURS IN A GIANT ELECTRIC FURNACE. OVERHEAD CRANES CARRY LADLES OF THE MOLTEN METAL TO A POINT FROM WHICH TEAMS OF MEN WORK WITH SMALLER LADLES FILLING THE MORTAR BOMB MOULDS.
Details
Accession Number
010605/17
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c December 1941
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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