Canteen
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/3 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
The derelict canteen of the ATL Building stands empty. Peeling paint covers the walls, and dust settles on the abandoned tables and chairs. This interior scene was captured in 2015.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Canteen
- Series
- ATL Building
- Catalogue
- ABU-005
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 16 October 2015
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/3 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Meadowbank, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Meadowbank, New South Wales, Australia
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A heap of crumpled fabric or paper sits in the centre of a bare concrete floor. The surface is filthy, scuffed dark with grime. Behind it, collapsed panels and broken fixtures lean against the far wall. Heavy steel doors stand open along the right side, their paint blistered and peeling. Wire mesh covers high windows that let in flat, grey light. Ventilation ducting runs along the upper walls. Cables trail across the ground.
Brett Patman
The series
ATL Building
The ATL Building was the Meadowbank factory of Automatic Totalisers Limited, the company that built the mechanical and electromechanical totaliser machines for racecourse betting, ticket printing, and department-store sales recording. Designed in 1947 by Julius Poole and Gibson for Sir George Julius -- the engineer who patented the automatic totaliser -- it ran as two Art Deco buildings on the same site, one for the factory, warehouse, and offices, the other for the dressing rooms, showers, and canteen. The toolroom was said to be the largest and best equipped in the southern hemisphere. A second toolroom was added in 1975. As totaliser technology gave way to computers, the factory ceased production and the buildings were repurposed as a gym, church, office space, and dance school before being demolished in 2016 for apartment redevelopment.
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