Doug Cox remembers playing at Coomaditchie Lagoon as a child and has noted changes in this environment. He began work at the steelworks as a trainee electrical engineer. After undertaking university studies, from the 1970’s Doug was involved in the programming of processes and saw the movement toward complete automation during his working life.

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Keywords

Port Kembla – Steelworks – Engineer – University of Wollongong – Blast Furnace – BlueScope – Automation – Computer Program – Cold Mill – Temper Mill – Coomaditchie – Lysaghts – BHP

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