Series 174: Iron and steel. Lithgow, Newcastle, Port Kembla

PXE 731/1392-1442

series

between 1915 and 1969

Graphic Materials, Photographs

412365

51 photographic prints - 25 x 38 cm or smaller - silver gelatin

Aerial, exterior and interior shots of Lithgow Iron Works, Newcastle Steelworks, Port Kembla Steelworks, plus other unnamed metalworks exteriors and interiors. Includes shots of plants, ports, machinery, processes and male workers.

1392. Lithgow Iron Works
1393. Steel works of the Broken Hill Co. Pty Ltd at Newcastle
1394. Aerial view of the Newcastle Steel Works looking south with Newcastle City and Harbour in the distance
1395. Newcastle Steelworks in 1963
1396. Shipping wharf with ore bridges in background
1397. General view of Broken Hill Pty Ltd steel works at Newcastle
1398. Panorama of a section of Newcastle Steelworks, May 1965
1399. View of the B.O.S. (Basic oxygen steelmaking) plant from the western end, Newcastle works
1400. View of the B.O.S. (Basic oxygen steelmaking) plant, Newcastle Steelworks from the east end
1401. No. 1 blast furnace, Newcastle, 1915
1402. Limestone for the blast furnace, Newcastle
1403. Coke being pushed from one of a battery of 176 coke ovens
1404. Molten iron being transported, BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary Company) Newcastle
1405. Stripping crane removing ingot moulds from steel ingots
1406. Main building girder for the BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary Company) boy
1407. The charging floor of the Open Hearth Melting Shop
1408. Ladles placed in a pit to await the charge from a B.O.S. (Basic oxygen steelmaking) furnace
1409. The teeming pit at the open hearth shop showing steel being poured into cast iron ingot mould
1410. Rolling alloy steel bars
1411. Teeming molten steel into ingots
1412. Part of a control panel at the new soaking pits at Newcastle Steelworks
1413. Aerial view of Port Kembla Steelworks, 1958
1414. A.I. and S. Ltd, Port Kembla. General view of surface marshalling yard with diesel locomotives in tandem hauling rake of mine cars from underground to coal handling plant. Mt. Nebo in centre background
1415. Port Kembla No. 1 steel works
1416. Charging side No. 1 blast furnace plant, Port Kembla
1417. No. 4 blast furnace, Port Kembla
1418-1419. Blast furnaces at Australian Iron and Steel Ltd's mill at Port Kembla
1420. Late at night, the run out table at Port Kembla's Steelworks hot strip mill presents a picture of activity as flat product steel is finished before its subsequent processing
1421. Electric furnace, Port Kembla
1422. Hot strip mill, Port Kembla
1423. Steel ingots in the slabbing mill at the Port Kembla steelworks
1424. Control cabin of the slabbing mill at the Port Kembla steelworks
1425. Steel plate strip mill, Port Kembla, 1955
1426. General view of the charging floor at the No. 2 open hearth steelmaking plant, Port Kembla
1427. A general view of the seven tinpot machines at the new tinplate plant, flat products division, Port Kembla steel works
1428. The roll shop at Port Kembla
1429. Stainless steel cold rolling mill near Port Kembla
1430. Two furnace operators controlling the distribution of crushed raw dolomite used for the fettling of the furnace banks, No. 2 open hearth shop, Port Kembla steel works
1431. Hot metal ladle over a train of ingot moulds, Port Kembla steel works
1432. Sheet metal section, Port Kembla steel works
1433. Cleaning while the furnaces are being heated, No. 2 open hearth shop, Port Kembla steel works
1434. Erection of No. 1 blast furnace and at left erection of power and boiler houses looking south east, October 1927
1435. Slab yard
1436. Filling a ladle with molten iron ready for the steel furnaces
1437. Cast iron pipe
1438. Tinplate
1439. Tapping on open hearth furnace
1440. Open hearth furnace with molten iron
1441. Rolling tinplate
1442. Molten iron

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Titled from accompanying envelope.

'Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.' stamped on most images. 'Australian News & Information Bureau' stamped on some images. 'Rayberne Studio, Thorn Street, Newcastle' stamped on some images. 'Mark Strizio, Architectural and Industrial Photography, 1 Beech Street, Surrey [sic.] Hills' stamped on some images. 'Arthur Cratchley, 28 The Boulevarde, Mt. St. Thomas' stamped on reverse at PXE 731/1413.