Hydraulic Machinery

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 36mm · f/4.0 · 1/25 · ISO 400
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A yellow hydraulic control cabinet stands open on the factory floor at Bradmill Denim. Rotted canvas sheeting pools across the concrete below. Painted brick walls rise to clerestory windows. Heavy machinery lines the far wall.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Hydraulic Machinery
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-004
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 November 2011
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter: 1/25 s
ISO: 400
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 yellow hydraulic control cabinet stands open on the factory floor at Bradmill, Yarraville. The cabinet door hangs from its hinges; the interior carries the control gear, valving, and gauges of the hydraulic system the cabinet served. Rotted canvas sheeting pools across the concrete below. Painted brick walls rise to clerestory windows. Heavy machinery lines the far wall, the equipment in place but stripped of working parts.

Bradmill at Yarraville carried out cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing across multiple connected buildings. The hydraulic plant supported the heavy machinery across the working halls. Bradmill Industries Ltd was Australia's largest textile manufacturer at its 1970s peak. The Yarraville site was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s and shuttered around 2002. The site is being redeveloped as Bradmill Yarraville by Frasers Property Australia and Irongate.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A yellow hydraulic power unit stands open on the factory floor, its gauges and valve assemblies still intact. Pale cream brick walls rise two storeys to clerestory windows that wash the space in flat, diffused light. Discarded tarpaulins lie in dark sludge across the concrete. Heavy tyres lean against the far wall beside a white refrigerator and a grey control booth. Industrial pendant lamps hang from steel beams overhead. The air in here would taste of grease and damp mineral dust.

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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