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Holden's project 320: chassis Volume 1, section 6; engine and clutch

GM Holden Ltd, 1947, Photograph, BRG 213/65/29/VOL1/74-224

Black and white photographs from the Project 320 workshop manual, Volume 1, section 6; Engine and Clutch. Photographs taken during the development of Project 320, the vehicle which was to be released as the first Holden motor car, the 48-215 [FX]. Also contains images relating to the Project 19525 engine and clutch.

[Photographs of expansion and machinery installation, Woodville plant]

GM Holden Ltd, 1953, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL3/27-88

Black and white photographs of building work and machinery installation at the GM-H Woodville plant. Includes images of A, B, C, G, H, M and old K lines in Plant 1, work on Plant 10 and 11 buildings, new machinery installed including Udylite chrome plating machine, Rectifier platform, Udylite Copper Plating Machine during installation, Clearing 144" Hyprodraw Press, copper, chrome and nickel plating machinery, and Bratby washing machine. Also contains photographs of houses to be demolished on Railway Terrace, and other areas in and around the Woodville plant.

GMH Fishermen's Bend Plant construction

GM Holden Ltd, 1936, Photograph, BRG 213/73/4/VOL1

Volume one of a group of photographs documenting construction of Holden's Fishermen's Bend Plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

GMH Fishermen's Bend Plant construction

GM Holden Ltd, 1936, Photograph, BRG 213/73/4/VOL3

Volume three of a group of photographs documenting construction of Holden's Fishermen's Bend Plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

GMH Fishermen's Bend Plant construction

GM Holden Ltd, 1936, Photograph, BRG 213/73/4/VOL4

Volume four of a group of photographs documenting construction of Holden's Fishermen's Bend Plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Photographs of GMH Fishermen's Bend during World War II

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1939, Photograph, BRG 213/73/6/VOL2

Photographs of production at Fishermen's Bend during war years with boats, trucks, engines, interior shots of laboratory, hospital, engineering areas, machinery and equipment.

[Photographs of extensions at Woodville; Automatic Transmission plant, die casting area]

GM Holden Ltd, 1967, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL14/1-45

Black and white photographs of extensions at Woodville in Plant 11, with construction of the die casting building in the Automatic Transmission plant at GM-H, Woodville, from images of the area prior to construction of the building, through construction showing interior and exterior images at various build stages, and during fit out of interior and the installation of machinery. Includes images of Lindberg Hevi-Duty furnaces, the building length Gibb & Miller gantry system, Hansen & Yuncken working on construction, and a large piece of machinery arriving on a low-loader semi-trailer.

Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd, Woodville, machinery and operations

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1925, Photograph, BRG 213/77/80/1-57

Black and white photographs of manufacturing operations inside the Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd (HMBB)factory at Woodville. Includes photographs taken in the plant when operating as General Motors-Holden's Limited. Comprising images of workers at metal and woodworking machinery in the workshop, and also in the drafting department, laboratory, trim section, nickel plating, forge, and making window trims and seat coil springs.

GMH Fishermen's Bend Plant construction

GM Holden Ltd, 1936, Photograph, BRG 213/73/4/VOL2

Volume two of a group of photographs documenting construction of Holden's Fishermen's Bend Plant at Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Photographs of General Motors Holden plant at Mosman Park, Western Australia

GM Holden Ltd, 1926, Photograph, BRG 213/74/1

Black and white photographs of General Motors Holden plant at Mosman Park, W.A. including 'turning the first sod', war involvement, plant buildings, surrounding houses, aerial views.

Photographs relating to Holden exports

GM Holden Ltd, 1961, Manuscript, BRG 213/86/9

Photographs of EK export, HR export, LC export, HJ Kingswood shipment to China, HJ Belmont export, HX utility export, HX export leaving Woodville and the docks, HZ export to Trinidad, WB ute export, WB Statesman export, CKD crates, map of export countries and assembly operations of CKD Holdens at Surabaya.

Photographs of construction work at General Motors Holden plants : Woodville

GM Holden Ltd, 1955, Photograph, BRG 213/77/65/22-67

Photographs of buildings under construction at General Motors Holden factory at Woodville, including progress on steel frames, roofing, foundations, windows and internal fittings.

Photographs of construction work at General Motors Holden plants : Pagewood

GM Holden Ltd, 1955, Photograph, BRG 213/77/65/68-114

Photographs of buildings and construction work at Holden plant in Pagewood, N.S.W. Includes interior and exterior images of warehouse extension, canteen, paint shop, engineering offices, service building, boiler and bodyshop.

Holden inauguration, Melbourne

GM Holden Ltd, 1948, Photograph, BRG 213/27/13/1-34

Black and white photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited events celebrating the Holden Inauguration held in Melbourne, 1948, announcing the release of the new 48-215 [FX] Holden. Comprises photographs and hand drawn title pages from Volume I. Includes photographs of Ben Chifley with the new car.

[Photographs of the Woodville plant prior to World War II continued]

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1920, Photograph, BRG 213/77/52/32-70

Black and white photographs associated with the Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited factory at Woodville, which then became General Motors-Holden's Limited. Comprises factory in production, examples of vehicles produced, machinery, the guage room and draughtsmen working in the development department. Includes images of the delivery of parts for the Hamilton Press in 1938, their installation, and the ceremony for starting the massive Press attended by the then Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons.

[Photographs of car manufacturing at the Woodville plant]

GM Holden Ltd, 1939, Photograph, BRG 213/77/48/1-33

Photographs in an album entitled 'Photographic Study, General Motors Holden's Ltd., Woodville, South Australia, 1939, Vol. 1' including bodies for overseas shipment, bodies on the line, Hamilton Press and Kellar machines in operation, and roof patterns.

[Photographs of the expansion of the Woodville plant continued]

GM Holden Ltd, 1952, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL2/29-62

Black and white photographs of the expansion of the General Motors-Holden's Limited factory at Woodville. Contains images of 'R' section and the 80 ft. span crane, the 'A' line and steel storage bay in Plant 1, and the main scrap tunnel. Includes images of 'B' and 'C' press lines under construction in 'R' section, the boiler house being built and the installation of the boiler, construction of the flammable material store complete with lifting gantry, gate houses in various stages of completion, and building works near the entrance opposite Cheltenham Racecourse [formerly described as Woodville oval].

Holden's project 320 and 48-215 prototypes

GM Holden Ltd, 1946, Photograph, BRG 213/65/30

Black and white photographs associated with Project 320, which was released onto the market as the first Australian car, Holden's 48-215 [FX]. Includes images of the initial prototype of the 48-215 [FX], which was hand made in the United States and registered in Michigan as BK-46-48. This vehicle was car number 19525 from Project 2000, this project then became Project 320. Also contains images of prototype No.1 of the 48-215 [FX] at Woodville, registration number JP-480, prototype No.4 (KJ-400), and prototype no.5 (KY-442), and the results of some accident damage to one of the vehicles.

[Photographs of the Finsbury plant]

GM Holden Ltd, 1945, Photograph, BRG 213/77/50/1-38

Black and white photographs of the Finsbury Plant, individual factory buildings on the site and views inside the workshops. Includes images of the Administration, Canteen and Medical buildings, adjacent Housing Trust homes, and aerial views of the Plant and surrounds.

[Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Birkenhead and Beverley plants]

GM Holden Ltd, 1928, Photograph, BRG 213/77/51/1-33

Black and white photographs of the GM-H Plants at Birkenhead and one image of the Beverley Plant. Includes photographs of the factory building at Birkenhead and extension work of the warehouse bay, the Plant's transformer station, the lacquer oven and heat exchanger room, and the production of boats during WWII. Also contains two photographs of the last car coming off the assembly line at Holden's Birkenhead Plant, a Pontiac.

GM-H South Australian Plants during World War II; volume 1 continued

GM Holden Ltd, 1934, Photograph, BRG 213/121/17/VOL1/38-78

Black and white mounted photographs, with annotations, of General Motors-Holden's Limited manufacturing Plant at Woodville during, and immediately after, World War Two. Comprises images of plans showing the proposed layout of Plants 2 and 5, Port Road entrance gate, G-6 barrel boring, aircraft tank assembly, Dory boat and Beaufighter manufacture, Kirkshire Foundry, Precision room, drill line, small dies section,experimental engineering section, and other areas at Woodville. Includes images of apprentices in the class room and the training workshop, and of measures taken to supply substitute fuels during power restrictions.

Photographic study of GMH Woodville Plant; machines and equipment

GM Holden Ltd, 1941, Photograph, BRG 213/121/18/40-72

Black and white mounted photographs from an album titled 'Photographic Study, General Motors-Holden's Ltd., Woodville, South Australia, 1944'. Comprises images, with captions on verso, from the section in the album labelled 'Machines and Equipment' featuring tools and machinery used for manufacturing guns and military equipment used during World War II. Many were designed and built at the Woodville Plant.

Holden's project 320: chassis Volume 1, section 4; rear axle and rear end suspension

GM Holden Ltd, 1947, Photograph, BRG 213/65/29/VOL1/19-54

Black and white photographs from the Project 320 workshop manual, Volume 1, section 4; Rear Axle and Rear End Suspension. Comprises images of chassis parts including leaf springs and differential housing and working parts in the development of Project 320, the vehicle which was to be released as the first Holden motor car, the 48-215 [FX].

Photographs of General Motors Holden plant at Fishermen's Bend

GM Holden Ltd, 1934, Photograph, BRG 213/73/6/VOL1

Photographs of GMH factory at Fishermen's Bend and related sites, including Chevrolet display and conference, first ship at Fishermen's Bend Wharf, Governor of Victoria's visit in 1939, canteen and social centre, kitchens and functions at social centre, 25 years of progress dinner.

Photographs from 'The Manufacture of an Holden Body'

GM Holden Ltd, 1925, Photograph, BRG 213/1/4/1-19

Selected black and white photographs pasted into a hard cover album with the printed title 'The Manufacture of an Holden Body'. Comprises images of areas within Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited workshops, believed to be at King William Street or Woodville. Includes photographs of machinery, and men working on vehicle bodies in varying stages of completion.

[Photographs of the expansion of the Woodville plant]

GM Holden Ltd, 1951, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL2/1-28

Black and white photographs of the expansion of the General Motors-Holden's Limited factory at Woodville. Contains images of the Cheltenham Parade car park and bike park under construction, building of the 80' crane bay at Plant 12, oxygen gantry, houses to be demolished, construction of the 'F' and 'K' press line tunnels, trees alongside No.5 plant, and prefabricated houses at Granville.

[Photographs of the Woodville plant in production]

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1945, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL1/1-28

Black and white photographs of the General Motors-Holden's Limited factory at Woodville and operations within the factory. Includes images of various drills, lathes and a milling machine, the trim shop, spray booth, and 'Birlec' salt and cyanide pots. Also contains photographs of the layout of the Woodville Plant, no.5 Plant, no.2 assembly Plant, the SA Gas Co. new zinc alloy foundry, and a plant visit by Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie.

[Photographs of the Woodville plant prior to World War II]

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1929, Photograph, BRG 213/77/52/1-31

Black and white photographs of the Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited factory at Woodville, which then became General Motors-Holden's Limited, and operations within the factory. Includes factory in production, examples of vehicles produced, and machinery.

[Photographs of extensions at Woodville; Automatic Transmission plant, assembly section]

GM Holden Ltd, 1967, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL13/63-88

Black and white photographs of extensions at Woodville in Plant 11, with construction work on the assembly section of the Automatic Transmission plant at GM-H, Woodville, during fit out of machinery, floor and wall construction, and the intended site prior to construction work. Includes images of wash machine and test stand.

Sections of the new GMH proving ground, Lang Lang, with FE Holden

GM Holden Ltd, 1957, Photograph, BRG 213/94/12/7/26-57

Black and white photographs of various vehicle testing roads and surfaces at General Motors-Holden's Proving Grounds, Lang Lang, Victoria, with an FE Holden (registration no. GSE-026 Victoria) being driven over the proving grounds. Includes an image of the Speed Loop at an unfinished stage and various buildings. The photographs formed part of the working papers of Harold Ingamells, the Holden engineer involved with working with the contractors on the construction of the various tracks at the proving grounds.

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