Boiler Front Panel

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 36mm · f/2.8 · 1/40 sec · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Rust blooms across the boiler's front panel within the abandoned Bradmill Denim factory. Dials and gauges remain fixed in place. This textile plant in Melbourne ceased operations in the early 2000s.

Edition

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In situ

Boiler Front Panel at Bradmill Denim, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Boiler Front Panel at Bradmill Denim, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Boiler Front Panel at Bradmill Denim, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Boiler Front Panel
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-009
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/40 sec s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 36 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The cast-iron boiler fronts in the plant room held their positions along the red brick wall, the gate valves and handwheels at the last settings their operators left them. The firebox doors hung open or slightly ajar. A row of boilers generating steam had driven the textile production at the Yarraville site from the 1940s onwards; the boiler room, once the engine of the whole operation, was one of the physically largest and most technically dense spaces in the complex. By March 2012, rust had covered every surface and the grit of a decade's accumulation lay thick on the floor.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Heavy cast-iron boiler fronts sit in a row along a red brick wall. Rust covers every surface. Gate valves and handwheels hold their last positions. Blue-painted steam pipes rise vertically into the darkness above. Firebox doors hang open or sit slightly ajar. The floor is thick with debris, flaked paint, and decades of settled grit.

Brett Patman

The series

Bradmill Denim

2011 · 52 photographs

The Bradford family founded Bradford Cotton Mills in Sydney in 1927. The company expanded into Victoria in 1940, began producing denim in 1945, and grew into Bradmill Industries Ltd. The Yarraville factory on Francis Street was the country's only indigo denim mill.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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