Apprentice assembling electric motor stator at English Electric Company, Rocklea, 11 July 1969

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The English Electric Company of Australia Pty Ltd established a factory in the Brisbane suburb of Rocklea in 1956 to build locomotives for Queensland and other states. It also built a large amount of electrical equipment for Queensland electricity generation. In 1970 it became the General Electric Company of Australia.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 3730

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