Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.
Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.

Dispatch Area

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
21mm · f/8.0 · 1/400 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The dispatch area at Kandos Cement Works, where trains were loaded with cement. The cement mill stands to the left; the stock house to the right. Kandos was the sole cement supplier to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, confirmed by the Director of Construction at Dorman Long in 1932.

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Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.Dispatch Area at Kandos Cement Works, this was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Dispatch Area
Series
Kandos Cement Works
Catalogue
KCW-011
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 February 2016
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/400 s
ISO
100
Focal length
21 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Kandos, 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

Kandos, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The dispatch area at Kandos Cement Works is where cement was loaded onto rail cars for the trip down the line. The area is a covered platform at one end of the plant, with chutes that fed bagged or bulk cement directly into rail-car hoppers below. The track itself is still in place, the rails rusted but unbroken, the sleepers timber. A row of hoppers above the platform held cement waiting for the next train. Steel stanchions mark out the loading positions. The roof is corrugated iron, supported on lattice steel. Lengths of unused rail still rest on the platform edge.

Kandos was a rail town. The plant was originally built next to the existing rail line specifically because cement is heavy and needed to move efficiently to Sydney. Trains came through several times a day for most of the plant's working life, taking cement out and bringing in coal for the kilns. The branch line was one of the last working freight rail lines in this part of central NSW. After the plant closed in September 2011, the line went quiet. The rails are still here in this photograph, but they have not carried a working train in years. The dispatch area is preserved largely because nobody has needed to demolish it.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

This was the dispatch area, where trains were loaded with cement before heading out for delivery. On the left stands the cement mill, once a powerhouse of production, and on the right, the stock house, where the finished product was stored.

Brett Patman

Kandos Cement Works

The series

Kandos Cement Works

2016 · 40 photographs

The town's first name was Candos, an acronym of the directors' surnames at the NSW Cement Lime and Coal Company. They bought 100 acres from local farmer John Lloyd Junior for £2,000 in 1913 and had surveyor James Dawson lay out the township. The Postmaster General ruled the name change to Kandos in 1915, and by August 1916 the kilns at the new cement works were firing.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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07 MORE FROM KANDOS CEMENT WORKS

39 other prints in this series

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Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, a ball mill sits heavy in the half-light, its riveted steel drum tilted toward.
Number Six Raw Mill $100.00
Clinker Shed at Kandos Cement Works, steel trusses span the full width of the shed, supported by heavy columns streaked.
Clinker Shed $100.00
Cyclonic Separator at Kandos Cement Works, steel mesh grating covers the floor, open to the darkness below.
Cyclonic Separator $100.00
Number Six Ball Mill Drive at Kandos Cement Works, the motor and gearbox that once drove the ball mill, now sitting.
Number Six Ball Mill Drive $100.00
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