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Installation: Two oil-fired boilers ; a 62, 500-gallon elevated water supply tank; a 100-ton capacity refrigeration plant; concrete roads, street lighting, etc. Mechanical, electrical and civil work was carried out by Utah forces under Utah specialist engineers. Special features of this food-processing plant were acid-resistant concrete surfacing on walls and floor slabs in process areas to provide utmost hygiene, and domed glass fibre reinforced polyester resin ceiling and wall panels especially developed by Utah's Design Division in co- operation with a local manufacturer. The cost of this lump-sum project was $1,954,555. Shortly before completion of this project, Utah was awarded a further contract for design and construction of a tomato processing plant with a floor area of 32, 000 sq. ft. as an extension to the main plant. 15) Ferro-Manganese Processing Plant A Ferro-Manganese Processing Plant for Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Co. Pty. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd.) at Bell Bay, Tasmania, in the amount of $2, 182, 649. Construction required excavation of 9, 000 cubic yards of earth and 2 rock, erection of 750 tons of structural steel, and placing of 2,000 cubic yards of concrete. The plant comprises a main building 90 b 160 ft. at ground level, 111 ft. high at roof ridge, plus 13,000 sq. ft. of single-story service buildings. Installation included a 50-ton capacity hoist, a 50-foot span travelling electric crane with 40-ton capacity, main hook, 915 lin. ft. of conveyors, 70 ton per hour jaw crusher, 30 ton per hour wall crusher, feeders, screens, and other auxiliary equipment. All materials handling equipment was Utah-designed. Electric installation was a major project in itself, partially designed and completely installed by Utah. Main installation was the rotating hearth electric furnace, reported to be the largest of its type in the world. Weighing 700 tons it is carried on 40 steel wheels on a 28-foot diameter steel track. Utah engineers laid this track to a level which at any location does not vary more than plus or minus .002 inch from the theoretical level. This mighty plant, consuming 10,000 kw. of electricity per hour at 13.8 kv. and producing 70 tons of ferro-manganese per 24-hour day seven days a week, was basically designed in Norway and is the first of its type in Australia.