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Newcastle steels profiled for Australia at 1915 dawn
A Sydney era account of Broken Hill Proprietary Company limited’s Newcastle steel works detailing its 1913 start, 1915 blast furnace blow in and wartime production for rails and munition steel, the plant’s vast scale, ongoing upgrades, and majorrole in supplying Australian needs during World War I.
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N.8.w. Country
Australia
Newcastle
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd
Broken Hill
Port Pirie
Spencer Gulf
Delprat
David Baker
Philadelphia
Mittagong
N.S.W
Messrs G. and
C. Hoskins
Eskbank Tron
Lithgow
Port Kembla
Otherbilp
The
Aus
Tralian
Europe
Lewis
D.C
Oreanal
Great Britain