"RIMMING" STEEL SHOWN POURING FROM THE FOOT OF AN 80-TON LADLE INTO INGOT MOULDS AT THE BROKEN ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Newcastle
Accession Number 012868
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle
Date made 14 July 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"RIMMING" STEEL SHOWN POURING FROM THE FOOT OF AN 80-TON LADLE INTO INGOT MOULDS AT THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY'S NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS OPEN HEARTH PLANT. THE OPERATOR AT RIGHT CONTROLS THE FLOW OF THE MOLTEN STEEL AND HE WEARS DARK GLASSES AS PROTECTION AGAINST THE GLARE.