Boiler House Walkway

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 36mm · f/7.1 · 1/15 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A metal walkway winds through the boiler house at Bradmill Denim. Rusted pipes and abandoned industrial controls fill the space, illustrating the factory's silent decline.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Boiler House Walkway
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-010
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter: 1/15 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

A steel walkway runs through the boiler house at Bradmill, Yarraville. The walkway is grated steel decking, supported by structural beams and bolted to the building's framing at each landing. Rusted pipes run alongside the walkway, the lagging stripped from many sections, the bare steel showing the bloom of years of disuse. Industrial control panels stand at intervals along the run, the switches and gauges no longer connected.

Bradmill at Yarraville processed 40,000 bales of cotton a year at peak operation, with denim being one of several product lines. The boiler house provided the steam supply for the cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing across the multi-building complex. Bradmill Industries Ltd ran in receivership in the early 2000s and the Yarraville site was shuttered around 2002. The site was acquired by Frasers Property Australia and Irongate for redevelopment as Bradmill Yarraville.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Steel cross-bracing and diagonal pipes cut across a narrow elevated walkway inside the Bradmill boiler house. Industrial glazing lines the right wall, diffused light falling across corroded handrails and grated flooring. Brick walls rise behind heavy ductwork overhead. Rust and grime coat every surface. The air feels close, mineral, damp.

Brett Patman

The series

Bradmill Denim

2011 · 27 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

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