 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1940 -
Description: Women workers at the Dewpoint Dehydration factory at Smithton, Tasmania processing vegetables on the assembly line. The women of the district received letters from the Director of Man Power at the Department of Labour and National Service instructing them to report to the Council Chambers to be interviewed. They took particulars of the women's present employment to consider if they could be better utilised in working in an industry more essential to the war effort. Many were instructed to commence work at the dehydration factory. Format: Pictorial and artistic works Object: photographs Titles: Workers inside the Dewpoint Dehydration Factory at Smithton, Tasmania in the 1940s Subjects: canneries; vegetables; factory workers; dehydrators People/Orgs: Dewpoint Dehydration Factory; Smithton Cannery Places: Smithton, Tasmania Institution: Circular Head Heritage Centre Object number: CHH_00172 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Circular Head Heritage Centre. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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