No. 6 Kiln at Kandos Cement Works. Rust has thickened across the cylindrical shell of the rotary kiln, corroded to deep ochres and brown within a lattice of structural steel and diagonal support beams.
No. 6 Kiln at Kandos Cement Works. Rust has thickened across the cylindrical shell of the rotary kiln, corroded to deep ochres and brown within a lattice of structural steel and diagonal support beams.

No 6 Kiln

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/15 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

No. 6 Kiln at Kandos Cement Works. Rust has thickened across the cylindrical shell of the rotary kiln, corroded to deep ochres and brown within a lattice of structural steel and diagonal support beams. A green bucket on the sunlit concrete below gives sudden measure to the scale of the machinery overhead. The works produced Portland cement from 1916 until September 2011.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
No 6 Kiln
Series
Kandos Cement Works
Catalogue
KCW-026
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 February 2016
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/15 s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
297 × 210 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

No. 6 Kiln at Kandos Cement Works is a steel cylindrical rotary kiln, mounted at a slight downward angle within a lattice of structural steel and diagonal support beams. Rust has thickened across the shell, corroded to deep ochres and brown. Its insulation is wrapped in steel cladding, mostly intact, with patches of rust where moisture has worked through the seams. The drive gearing at the upper end is still in place; the cooling section at the lower end opens onto the cooler below. A walkway runs alongside the kiln so workers could check the cylinder during operation. The machine is very large for the building it sits in.

A rotary kiln is the central piece of equipment in any cement works. Limestone and clay enter at the upper end as a fine slurry or powder, are heated as they tumble down the rotating cylinder, and exit at the lower end as clinker that gets ground into cement. A Kiln 6 stack was installed during the plant's $10 million modernisation in 2007. When the plant closed in September 2011 the kiln was shut down for the last time. It has not turned since. The cylinder has held its shape, but the bearings have settled and the drive has not been engaged.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A massive rotary kiln stretches deep into the frame, its steel barrel dark with heat scale and chemical residue. The bore is wide enough to stand inside. Steel cradle supports hold it in place along the corridor. Latticed structural bracing lines both sides. Smaller pipework and a second, older kiln sit to the right, its surface wrapped in deteriorating insulation. Concrete dust coats the ground. Sunlight falls hard through the open framework.

Brett Patman

Kandos Cement Works

The series

Kandos Cement Works

40 photographs

Kandos Cement Works made Portland cement at Kandos, south-east of Mudgee in central western New South Wales, from 1916 until 2011. The New South Wales Cement, Lime and Coal Company, registered in 1913, built it 3.5 miles east of its limestone quarry, which fed the works by aerial ropeway. By 1927 its rotary kilns were steel cylinders 143 feet long and 9 feet in diameter, fired with powdered coal, and the finished cement went into 30 storage silos.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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07 MORE FROM KANDOS CEMENT WORKS

39 other prints in this series

All prints
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
Inside Kandos Cement Works, a cyclonic separator dominates the frame. Its vast, corroded steel structure and complex pipework carry rust and accumulated grime in every joint and seam.
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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