Apple Packaging Plant

Photograph

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The Blue Mountains Museum and Archive

Apple Packaging Plant: Black and white photograph is of apples being cleaned. There is a conveyor belt with some apples on it. At the base of the conveyor is a pool of water with apples floating. There is a wooden, platform to the left of the floating apples. To the right of the conveyor is a large bin filled with apples. A thin, white border surrounds the photograph. Copyright: Craigleith Heritage Depot 2011; Origformat: Artifact
Apple Packaging Plant

Black and white photograph is of apples being cleaned. There is a conveyor belt with some apples on it. At the base of the conveyor is a pool of water with apples floating. There is a wooden, platform to the left of the floating apples. To the right of the conveyor is a large bin filled with apples. A thin, white border surrounds the photograph. Copyright: Craigleith Heritage Depot 2011; Origformat: Artifact

Name/Title

Apple Packaging Plant

Entry/Object ID

2009-003-003

Description

A landscape-oriented black-and-white photographic print documenting the interior washing and processing stage at Mitchell's Juice Plant in Thornbury. The image captures a mid-century automated floatation and conveyor system used to clean, sort, and transport harvested apples into the facility's production line during the peak autumn processing season of 1974. Features an industrial conveyor belt carrying harvested apples upward into the processing plant. At the base of the conveyor system is a water-filled dip tank or washing pool, with a large volume of apples floating on the surface prior to mechanized elevation. A raised wooden work platform or staging walkway is positioned immediately to the left of the washing pool. To the right of the conveyor belt sits a large, bulk wooden storage bin completely filled with raw apples waiting to be processed. The reverse side of the photograph features a pre-printed black ink date stamp that reads: "NOV 15 1974".

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Photographic Print

Made/Created

Date made

Nov 15, 1974

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper Location of Obj ID #: Back, top right edge

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Stamp

Location

Back of the print

Transcription

"NOV 15 1974"

Language

English

Dimensions

Height

20.3 cm

Width

15 cm