Southern Rhodesia. The steelworks at Que Que ... These three stoves feed the blast furnaces with hot air ... – Antique Wall Art
![Southern Rhodesia. The steelworks at Que Que ... These three stoves feed the blast furnaces with hot air ..., [1950?] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d199b07a3d57-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Southern Rhodesia. The steelworks at Que Que ... These three stoves feed the blast furnaces with hot air ... in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This halftone shows three tall hot-blast stoves at the steelworks at Que Que, in what was then Southern Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. The stoves heated the air before it entered the blast furnaces, a step that saved fuel and raised the furnaces' output. The picture was printed as an illustration in *Introducing Southern Rhodesia*, a booklet prepared by Britain's Central Office of Information and published by HMSO around 1950. It reflects the colony's postwar push to build heavy industry, when mining and steelmaking were central to its economy.
| Created / published | [1950?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Halftone photomechanical prints 1950. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Introducing Southern Rhodesia / prepared by the Central Office of Information. London : HMSO, [1950?] |
| Subjects | Steel industry--Zimbabwe--Que Que--1950. Furnaces--Zimbabwe--Que Que--1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,206 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168990 |
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