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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38860 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: Detail of scales used to weigh charge powders |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38861 |
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Tube Shop: view of one of three power presses (Machine No3), extruding detonator tube from coils of solid wire, in this case copper. Two other presses were producing aluminium tubes. A fourth machine produces detonator elements from Zinc wire (in background) |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38863 |
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Tube Shop: view of printing plant, which prints details onto detonator tubes, the caged parts of the machines in the background being driers. The detonator tubes in the front hopper are copper |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38865 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: "Plating Up", view of shaker machine designed to help operator to fill up plates with empty tubes |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38867 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of operator controls, operating charger through protective concrete blast wall in separate compartment |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38866 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, view of operator controls, operating charger through protective concrete blast wall in separate compartment |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38876 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: View of Element Plating Up |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38875 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of press counterweights |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38874 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of press |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38873 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Press, detail of operator controls |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38872 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of detonator extracting machine, used to extract safely defective detonators stuck in plate |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38871 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of periscope allowing operator using remote controls behind blast wall to view charging table |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38870 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of typical "Bole" through which plates of detonators are passed behind blast wall to view charging table |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38869 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: PETN Charger, detail of charging table |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38884 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of waste detonator box and tray |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38883 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of plastic and wooden detonator boxes |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38882 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of wooden detonator bogey |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38881 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of rubber-lined bogie with rubber lid, used to transport loaded detonators safely |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38880 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading:Tipping Compartment, detail of chute and tray used to collect detonators tipped out of plates |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38879 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: detail of Detonator Insertion Press |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38878 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: Detonator Insertion Press, detail of full plate in position |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38877 |
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DF1, Detonator Loading: Detonator Insertion Press, detail of plate carrier, hatch and control panel |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38900 |
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View from W of DD1 (Chemical Plant) |
1995 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
C 38899 |
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View from N of rear of DD1 (Chemical Plant), with blast wall, separating reaction processes on near side, and operators on far side. The large grey pipe supplies hot air from heaters in building DV27 (L) and the funnel-shaped vents are part of a Venturi extraction system |
1995 |
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