010605/25 Accession Number: 010605/25

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MORTAR BOMBS ARE AMONG THE MANY WAR COMMODITIES AUSTRALIA IS PRODUCING IN VAST QUANTITIES FOR EMPIRE NEEDS. MOLTEN STEEL POURS FROM THE ELECTRIC FURNACE INTO A GIANT LADLES WHICH IS CARRIED BY OVERHEAD CRANE TO TEAMS OF MEN, WHO USING SMALL LADLES, FILL THE MORTAR BOMB MOULDS. WORKMEN MOVE ALONG THE ROWS OF WAITING MOULDS.

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Accession Number
010605/25
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c December 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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