Description of Content
View of a steel mainframe casting for an overhead charging machine made for Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd, August 1928. This charging machine was probably intended for use at the BHP steel mill furnaces at Newcastle, NSW. Photograph taken in the Foundry dressing shop, Richmond, with man stand in the casting.
Physical Description
Full plate silver gelatin glass negative.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Vickers Ruwolt Pty Ltd, circa 1986
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Place & Date Depicted
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Format
Photograph, glass base, Glass Negative, Whole Plate, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Circular stamp at bottom right of negative: 'CHAS RUWOLT PTY. LTD. MELBOURNE PHOTO 214' Entered in hand-written catalogue as; '214 | Main Frame Casting, O.H. Charging Machine | Broken Hill Pty. Ltd.' Entered in hand-written subject index under 'MISCELLANEOUS CASTINGS as: 'Block No. 17 | 15.8.28 | Large Steel Casting - O.H. Charging Machine | B. H. P. Ltd. |
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Medium
Glass Negative
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Technique
Photograph
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Image Dimensions - Negative/s
163 mm (Width), 210 mm (Height)
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