Roof Covering

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 28mm · f/8.0 · 0.4s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The cracked canvas roof covering of a wooden twelve-wheeled carriage, the waterproofing seal long broken. The canvas was the carriage's waterproofing, designed to shield passengers from the weather. The Eveleigh Paint Shop finished this type of rolling stock from 1887.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Roof Covering
Series: Eveleigh Paint Shop
Catalogue: EPS-018
Process: Giclée
Captured: 14 March 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.4s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 28 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The canvas roof covering of a wooden twelve-wheeled carriage has cracked across its length, the waterproofing seal long broken. The canvas was the carriage's waterproofing, stretched over the roof to shield passengers from the weather. Where it has split, the boards beneath show through.

The Eveleigh Paint Shop, completed in 1887 by NSW Government Railways engineer George Cowdery, finished this type of rolling stock from the year it opened. Its sawtooth roof was set so the glass panels faced north, giving a flat, shadowless light that suited paint matching and finishing work on the carriages below. The Paint Shop carries the highest grading on the NSW State Heritage Register for the North Eveleigh precinct, and its sawtooth roof is one of the defining features of that listing.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The cracked canvas roof covering of a wooden twelve-wheeled carriage, the waterproofing seal long broken.

Brett Patman

The series

Eveleigh Paint Shop

2016 · 49 photographs

George Cowdery worked on the Britannia Bridge with Robert Stephenson in 1847. John Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief for NSW Railways, brought him to NSW in 1863, where he supervised the colony's first railway tunnels at Picton and Mittagong. The brick main wing of the Paint Shop was completed in 1887, eight rail roads under a sawtooth south-light roof.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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