No. 1 Forge (Commonwealth ordnance factory, Maribyrnong)

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Maribyrnong
Accession Number ART22205
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 61 x 50.8 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Craig, Sybil
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

No. 1 Forge (Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong). Ordnance workshop, forge, civilians, technology, tools and machines, unidentified men in forging team. 1500 tons hydraulic press, porter bar, travelling crane, suspension chain, steam boilers. The personnel comprising the forge:- forger, forger's assistant, forger's underhand, press operator, crane driver. Each of these men are highly skilled in their particular jobs. Coupled with these men are five furnacemen, a coal wheeler and two boiler attendants.

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