Description of Content

Oblique end view of three Clearing Mechanical Welding Presses in Vickers Ruwolt Fitting Shop showing a man in a suit standing along side the machines for scale, March 1959. The Australian customer of these machine are not recorded as Vickers Ruwolt were sub-contract manufacturers to U.S.I. Clearing M/C Corporatioon, USA, who on-sold the equipment their Australian customers.

Physical Description

2 Negatives

More Information

  • Collection Names

    Vickers Ruwolt Collection

  • Collecting Areas

    Engineering

  • Acquisition Information

    Donation from Vickers Ruwolt Pty Ltd, circa 1986

  • Date Made

    1959

  • Format

    Photograph, glass base, Glass Negative, Whole Plate, Black & White

  • Inscriptions

    Circular stamp at bottom-right of negative: VICKERS RUWOLT PTY LTD MELBOURNE PHOTO 1264 Entered in hand written catalogue as: '1264 | Assembly line of W4-30-80-80 Clearing Welding Presses | Clearing M/C. Corporation." Entered in hand written subject index under "PRESSES.MECHANICAL AND HAND OPERATED" as | 1264 | 12.3.59 | Assembly of Three W4-39-80-80 Clearing Welding Presses. | Clearing M/C Corp. | C4836 | 2 Negs."

  • Classification

    Manufacturing & industry, Engineering products, Mechanical presses

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Technology

  • Type of item

    Image