News Corporation, c. 1983, Photograph, B 43443
Blacksmith shop, Australian National Workshop, Islington Depot. According to a researcher, who once worked at the blacksmith, the crew forging under the hammer are, from left to right, Rex Burford (blacksmith), man in the centre is Allen Holberton, man on the left is unknown. The Hammer driver would have been either G.W.(Bill) Hobby or Reg Debais. The men are pictured forging an old axle, which they are reworking into rectagular shapes. These shapes would then be forged into dog spike removers. The steam hammer would once have been a Davis and Primrose 50 tonne, built in Leith, Scotland circa 1890.