Meters

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 48mm · f/6.3 · 1/50 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A steel control panel at the edge of the boiler floor at Bradmill, Yarraville. Coloured push buttons line its face, red and green, still socketed. Analogue meters and dial gauges mount the wall behind, circular housings coated in grime.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Meters
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-018
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter: 1/50 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 48 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 control panel stands at the edge of the boiler floor at Bradmill, Yarraville. Coloured push buttons line the panel face, red and green, still socketed. Broken glass litters the console top. Analogue meters and dial gauges mount the wall behind, the circular housings coated in grime, the dial markings still legible through the dirt. The panel served the boiler control circuit when the plant was running.

The Bradmill boiler house drove the steam supply for the cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing operations across the Yarraville site. Bradmill Industries Ltd ran fifteen sites across NSW, Victoria and Queensland at its 1970s peak, with approximately 7,000 employees and Australia's largest textile manufacturing operation. The Yarraville site was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s under cheap-import pressure and shuttered around 2002.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A steel control panel stands at the edge of the boiler floor. Coloured push buttons line its face, red and green, still socketed. Broken glass litters the console top. Analogue metres and dial gauges mount the wall behind, their circular housings coated in grime. Beyond the panel, heavy industrial machinery recedes into shadow. Yellow-painted lever arms and cast-iron fittings sit thick with rust. The ground is loose debris and soot.

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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