Furnace, fire & forge : Lithgow's iron and steel industry, 1874-1932 / by Bob McKillop

Author:: McKillop, Robert F.
Additional Titles:: Furnace, fire and forge and Lithgow's iron and steel industry, 1874-1932
Published:: Melbourne, Australia : Light Railway Research Society of Australia, 2006.
Physical Description:: 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Additional Creators:: Light Railway Research Society of Australia

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Contents:

Nineteenth centrury iron-making -- Lithgow: founding an industrial town -- The Williams era, 1875-1880 -- Rutherford and the Workers' Co-operative, 1881-1886 -- Sandford takes over, 1886-99 -- Father of the Australian steel industry, 1900-07 -- Conflict and Expansion, 1908-1919 -- Abandoning Lithgow, 1920-1932 -- Feeding the fiery furnaces, 1900-1931 / Jeff Moonie -- Moving the materials / Jim Longworth -- Industry, labour and community, 1869-1932 / Greg Patmore -- Picking up the pieces / Ray Christison -- Appendix 1: Iron and steel making technologies / Jerry Platt -- Appendix 2: Records of employees at Lithgow Iron and Steelworks / Jerry Platt -- Appendix 3: Summary of employee evidence to 1913 Wages Board -- Appendix 4: The power of steam: driving the machines / Don Reynolds.

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ISBN:

0909340447
9780909340445

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Earth &b Mineral Sciences copy: Purchased with funds from the Kenneth & Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note:

Kenneth and Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment

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