Summary
Black and white glass negative depicting a truck towing a Mooring Buoys in Ruwolt Factory in 1929.
Description of Content
'20' x 12' dia mooring buoy for the British Phosphate Company at Nauru. Building behind truck has a 'MacPhersons' sign on the roof, this was the southern boundary of Ruwolts prior to the building of the Fabrication Shop during the second World War, and it later became Ajax Nut and Bolt Co a division of MacPhersons Engineers. (c1928 -29).
Physical Description
Black and white glass negative.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Vickers Ruwolt Pty Ltd, circa 1986
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Format
Glass Negative, Whole Plate, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Circular stamp at bottom left of negative: 'CHAS. RUWOLT PTY LTD / MELBOURNE ; PHOTO 435' Entered in hand-written catalogue as: '435 | 20'- 0" x 12'-0" dia. Mooring Bouy for Nauru | British Phosphate Com.' Entered in hand-written subject subject index under 'BOILERMAKERS MISCELLANEOUS WORK' as: '435 | 18.11.29 | Mild Steel Mooring Bouys - 20'-0" x 12'-0" | Brit. Phos. Com. | 6295'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Engineering products, Boilermaking
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