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Army food cases (timber and cardboard)

The launching of a Liberty ship with wooden scaffolding. Liberty ships were cargo ships built and used by the US in World War 2.

Wooden cases for Army uses.

Wood used in the form work for bridge repairs during the Second World War in North Africa. There are Australian Soldiers working with locals top build the form work for the arches of a stone bridge.

Wooden fencing ready for use in the war. Soldiers sorting and stacking wooden fencing, pre-strung with wire and also wooden stakes, to use in the war effort. This is most likely taken in Europe in the Second World War.

Timber cut by Forestry Companies in Britain.

Wooden wing members for aeroplanes

Wooden aircraft construction: wing members being made.

Cletrac bulldozer on road construction Neerim district - (193)

Forestry Company mill in Britain.

Gantry for transferring timber from road to trucks.

Wooden slade slats in tree nurseries

Typical Victorian bush sawmill - steam power generated from waste

Water sprayed dumps of fire killed logs

Wooden bridge construction by Army Eng.

Dumping with steam winch Saxton's East Tanjil.

Commission log landing, Murrindindi River Toolangi District. Showing low saw on travelling truck for cutting 20ft. 7 ft. 6ft. Ash logs. (Fire killed timber and pulpwood extraction road below land. leading right

Oxy-acetylene treatment of poles. Pole test site, Glen Park. Charring surface with brush flame.

Oxy-acetylene treatment of poles. Pole test site, Glen Park. Spraying hot char with creosote

Eildon Weir at record low stage after droughts of 1943-45