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PHOTOGRAPH: PERTH OXYGEN WORKS (BOC) - TRUCK

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1961

Overview

Copy of B&W photo of truck with gas tank on back. Truck with partially upright cylindrical tank on back. CIG (West Australia) Pty Ltd printed on bed of truck. Truck parked near corrugated iron doors. Photograph labelled: Perth Oxygen Works, Bedford Liquid Oxygen Transport Tank, looking toward the front and right-hand side. Taken May 1961 Photo No.: XL 207/3

Historical information

Photo from album compiled by a CIG (now BOC) employee covering period 1920s-1970s. Each photo was carefully labelled. The album was borrowed for the 'Subiaco Industry' exhibition (1998). Perth Oxygen Co. later taken over by CIG and later BOC. See also P99.43-51

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1999.242

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

150 mm

Height or length

100 mm

Keywords

BOC Gases (Compressed Gases Site)

Year

Statement of significance

Historical, technical/research - shows local industry equipment

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