LEICHHARDT, NSW. 9 JULY 1945. THE VIEW, FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION, OF A COMBINED SOUTHERN CROSS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Leichhardt
Accession Number 111480
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LEICHHARDT, NSW. 9 JULY 1945. THE VIEW, FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION, OF A COMBINED SOUTHERN CROSS DIESEL ENGINE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP UNIT AT 23 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PARK COMPANY. THE ENGINE IS A SOUTHERN CROSS Y G B MODEL, 42.2 HORSEPOWER AT 1,500 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE. THE PUMP IS A 3 INCH FOUR STAGE, MANUFACTURED BY KELLY AND LEWIS, ITS PERFORMANCE AT 1,500 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE IS 10,000 GALLONS PER HOUR AT 180 FOOT HEAD.