Pig Kill Floor

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 4s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The pig kill floor at Blayney Abattoir. Overhead rails moved carcasses through each stage. The raised concrete drain on the right was part of the wash-down system. A critical control point sign marks the wall, reflecting the AQIS and AUSMEAT regulatory requirements under which the plant operated.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Pig Kill Floor
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-014
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 4s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Blayney, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Blayney, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The pig kill floor at Blayney Abattoir. Overhead rails moved carcasses through each stage of processing. A raised concrete drain channel on the right of the floor was part of the wash-down system. A critical control point sign is fixed to the wall, reflecting the AQIS and AUSMEAT regulatory requirements under which the plant operated. The concrete floor slopes gently toward the drainage channels.

The pig floor at Blayney Abattoir processed around 400 pigs a day at peak operation, one of the three species-specific floors at the plant. Blayney operated from 1957 to 1998 under various owners, with ANZCO Foods of New Zealand taking ownership in 1996. The closure in March 1998 was attributed by ANZCO to stock shortage; the AMIEU cited economic factors and the Asian financial crisis impact on export demand.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Steel I-beams span the ceiling above corrugated metal walls. A raised concrete drain platform runs along the right side of the floor, its edges stained dark. Overhead rails and pipe runs cross the space in parallel. A sign on the far wall reads "CRITICAL CONTROL POINT" and instructs workers to stop the line and inform a supervisor. Rags and debris sit scattered across wet-look concrete. Severed cables hang loose from an electrical panel.

Brett Patman

The series

Blayney Abattoir

2016 · 25 photographs

At peak the Blayney Abattoir employed about 1,600 people, one of the largest workforces in Central West New South Wales. The site had been a butter factory and freezing works from at least 1900, converted to an abattoir in 1957. ANZCO Foods, the New Zealand owner since 1996, announced closure in March 1998 with about 600 workers given a week's pay.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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