The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ICI AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID PLANT, MELBOURNE. LIQUID AMMONIA FOR USE IN THE PROCESS IS PRODUCED AT THE PLANT, STORED IN THESE HUGE PRESSURE VESSELS. (PHOTOGRAPHER: E. CRANSTONE).
LIQUID AMMONIA FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IS PRODUCED AT THIS PLANT, AND STORED IN HUGE PRESSURE VESSELS. THIS PLANT PRODUCES LARGE QUANTITIES OF NITRIC ACID AND AMMONIUM NITRATE, TWO CHEMCIAL
ICI AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID PLANT, MELBOURNE. (PHOTOGRAPHER: E. CRANSTONE).
ICI AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID PLANT, MELBOURNE. COKE, ONE OF THE HOMELY SUBSTANCES THAT PLAY A PART IN THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES, GOING INTO THE GAS PRODUCING PLANT (CENTRE). ON LEFT ARE TOWERS
ICI AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID PLANT, MELBOURNE. FINAL STAGE IN PRODUCTION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE IS REDUCTION OF THE LIQUID AMMONIUM NITRATE TO A FINE, WHITE POWDER IN THIS ENORMOUS, STEAM JACKETED KETTLE.
ICI AMMONIA AND NITRIC ACID PLANT, MELBOURNE. TOWERS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF NITROGEN, REQUIRED FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
GAS FOR USE IN AMMONIA IS PRODUCED FROM COKE, WATER AND AIR, THE COKE IS TAKEN INTO THE GAS PRODUCING PLANT BY HOIST. THIS PLANT PRODUCES LARGE QUANTITIES OF NITRIC ACID AND AMMONIUM NITRATE, TWO CHEM
