Fire Extinguisher

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 105mm · f/6.3 · 1/2 · ISO 400
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A red fire extinguisher, coated in dust, hangs forgotten on a decaying wall at the Bradmill Denim factory. This relic stands as a silent witness to Melbourne's industrial past.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Fire Extinguisher
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-003
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 November 2011
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/2 s
ISO: 400
Focal length: 105 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 red fire extinguisher hangs on a decaying wall at Bradmill, Yarraville. The extinguisher is coated in dust, the operating handle still in place, the pressure gauge faded. The wall behind is plastered and painted, the paint peeling back to bare plaster in patches. The mounting bracket is rusted at the wall fixings. The extinguisher has been there since the factory was working.

Bradmill at Yarraville ran cotton processing for denim and workwear fabrics through the second half of the twentieth century. Bradmill Industries Ltd was the largest textile manufacturer in Australia at its 1970s peak. The Yarraville site was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s and shuttered around 2002. The site sat dormant for around two decades before Frasers Property Australia and Irongate acquired it for redevelopment.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A red fire extinguisher sits upright on a concrete floor thick with dust and fallen debris. Its white band and service tags are still legible. The yellow inspection tag hangs from the pin by a short wire. The rubber hose curves away from the valve, stiff and unused. Behind it, the floor stretches back to a grey concrete wall marked with graffiti. Scraps of fabric hang in the far corner. Nothing else stands.

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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