Tank

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 36mm · f/8.0 · 1/3 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A lagged hot water tank at the top of the boiler house at Bradmill, Yarraville. Insulated cladding wraps the cylinder. The plant was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s and shuttered.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Tank
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-025
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/3 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 lagged hot water tank stands at the top of the boiler house at Bradmill, Yarraville. The tank is a horizontal cylinder, wrapped in insulating cladding fastened with metal straps. The pipework feeds into and out of the tank at the ends; the supporting frame is welded steel. The cladding is stained and weathered across patches; the tank is otherwise intact in its working position.

The boiler house at Bradmill Yarraville drove the steam supply for cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing across the site. Bradmill Industries Ltd was Australia's largest textile manufacturer at its 1970s peak. The Yarraville site was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s under cheap-import pressure and shuttered around 2002. The 18.7-hectare site is currently being redeveloped as Bradmill Yarraville by Frasers Property Australia and Irongate.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Lagged hot water tank from the top of the boiler house

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

Print sizes

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