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INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTS FACTORY, AERIAL VIEW

c. 1962 - 1964
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Buildings / Structures
Industry
Overview

Black and white photograph.
Industrial extracts factory shown as series of saw toothed roofs with highlight windows.
Two tall chimneys, conveyor belt structure on top side of building.
Two large piles of sawn logs on the left hand side of building and a pile of fuel drums on the far left hand side.
Small office type building in front of the log pile and two overhead fuel tanks on right hand side of office.

Historical information

In 1952 Industrial Extracts Ltd. established a factory at Toodyay.
The company extracted tannin from wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) to be used for leather tanning, oil drilling and boiler compounds.
In 1971 the factory closed and many of the 70 workers, along with their families, left Toodyay.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1470
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
295 mm
Height or length
375 mm
Contextual Information

In 1952 Industrial Extracts Ltd. established a factory at Toodyay.
The company extracted tannin from wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) to be used for leather tanning, oil drilling and boiler compounds.
In 1971 the factory closed and many of the 70 workers, along with their families, left Toodyay.

Year
c. 1962 - 1964
Geotag
-31.57293443721, 116.49907233912

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