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 at Kandos Cement Works, a ball mill sits heavy in the half-light, its riveted steel drum tilted toward.

Number Six Raw Mill

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 6s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Grinding balls heap across the wet concrete below the Number Six raw mill at Kandos Cement Works, the studded drum angled downward as though mid-pour. A shallow pool on the floor catches the reflection of the cylinder and the metal staircase beside it, yellow caution tape still threaded through the scatter of spheres. Partial signage remains fixed to a concrete pillar, the lettering faded.

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In situ

Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, unframed print displayed in situ on a wall.Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, white-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Number Six Raw Mill
Series
Kandos Cement Works
Catalogue
KCW-031
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 February 2016
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
6s 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

Number Six Raw Mill at Kandos Cement Works is a large horizontal mill that ground crushed limestone and clay into the raw meal that fed the kilns. The mill body is a steel cylinder several metres in diameter, set in a steel frame and connected at one end to a drive housing and at the other to a discharge chute. The shell is darkened from years of operation, with patches of bright steel showing where wear-plates have been replaced over time. Heavy timber blocks brace the base frame against the concrete pad. The mill bay around it is high-ceilinged, lit from above through clerestory glazing, with access walkways running along the upper levels. The whole assembly is silent.

Raw mills are the first major grinding stage in the cement-making process. Limestone from the quarry adjacent to the works was reduced to a coarse aggregate at the crusher, then routed to mills like this one for grinding to the powder consistency the kilns required. Kandos Cement Works opened in August 1916 and ran for 95 years until closure in September 2011. The Number Six Raw Mill was part of the later generation of grinding plant on site. When the works closed, the mill was shut down and the drive disengaged for the last time. The motor and the major moving parts have stayed in place since.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A ball mill sits heavy in the half-light, its riveted steel drum tilted toward the wet concrete floor. Hundreds of grinding balls have spilled from the open end, forming a dark mound that spreads across the ground. Steel gantries and mesh walkways crowd the space above. Water pools on the floor, reflecting dull grey from the structure overhead. Orange spray-paint marks the concrete pillars. Everything carries a film ofite dust.

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
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
Raw Stone Shed at Kandos Cement Works, dark heaps of crusite and stone dust cover the floor, rising in uneven mounds.
Raw Stone Shed$100.00
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