Tank

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 36mm · f/8.0 · 0.3 sec · 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.

Edition

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In situ

Tank at Bradmill Denim, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

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Tank at Bradmill Denim, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

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: 0.3 sec 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

The lagged tank at the top of the boiler house held hot water that fed the steam system serving the denim mill below, sitting at the highest point in the boiler house structure where the heat could be preserved in the insulated cylinder before distribution. The Bradmill site at Yarraville operated from 1940, growing through post-war decades into one of Australia's largest textile plants; the boiler infrastructure expanded with it. By March 2012 the insulated cladding had held its shape, the cylinder still intact above a floor strewn with the debris of a decade's abandonment.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Lagged hot water tank from the top of the boiler house

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

Print sizes

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