Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. Australian engineers at work repairing the wharf and pipe line. ...

Accession Number 018868
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Date made 26 July 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. Australian engineers at work repairing the wharf and pipe line. The pipes will be utilised to transfer fuel from tankers to storage positions on land. Before the war oil tankers received their cargoes from pipes connected with the storage tanks. Note the damaged jetty.

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