Outside Boiler Plant

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 36mm · f/2.8 · 1/320 sec · ISO 400
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The brick face of the boiler plant at the Bradmill Denim factory in Yarraville, galvanised pipes bolted along it at intervals. The boiler house was a landmark of the textile complex and is one of the few structures kept in the site's residential redevelopment.

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In situ

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

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

Outside Boiler Plant at Bradmill Denim, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Outside Boiler Plant
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-006
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 November 2011
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/320 sec 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

The exterior of the boiler plant at Bradmill carried the services that supported the operation inside: galvanised pipes bolted to the brick face, running from one connection point to the next along the building's perimeter. The concrete hardstand at the base of the building had been breaking apart since operations ceased, grass and weeds pushing through the expansion joints and open service pits. A chain-link enclosure protected the transformer unit against the fence line. Brett photographed the exterior in November 2011, the Maersk containers stacked beyond the factory boundary marking the freight infrastructure that had replaced the textile production in this part of Yarraville.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Galvanised pipes run along the brick face of the boiler plant, bolted at intervals to the wall. Below, concrete hardstand breaks apart where grass and weeds push through expansion joints and open service pits. A chain-link enclosure guards a transformer unit, its warning sign still fixed to the fence. Overhead power lines cut across a flat grey sky. Dead shrubs tangle with new growth along the building's base. A fire extinguisher sits low to the ground, red against the dull concrete.

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

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