Store Counter

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

The store counter at Kandos Cement Works, where workers collected parts and consumables during operation. It was relocated from its original position near the rail line due to occupational health and safety concerns. The plant operated from 1916 until September 2011.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Store Counter
Series: Kandos Cement Works
Catalogue: KCW-037
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: 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 store counter at Kandos Cement Works sits in the parts store, a long room lined with floor-to-ceiling shelving. The counter is timber, varnished darker than the shelving behind it. A wire-cage divider separates the counter from the storage area. A weighing scale sits on the counter, brass-cased, the kind that was standard in industrial parts stores from the 1950s onward. Hand-written labels are still pinned to the shelves behind the counter. A typewriter sits at the back end of the counter, paper still in the platen. The desk lamp above it has the original parchment shade.

Every cement works of this scale ran its own internal parts store. Bearings, gaskets, fittings, electrical components, and hand tools were all kept on site and issued to fitters and electricians as they needed them. The counter at Kandos was the issue point. A worker would come in with a job number, ask for what they needed, and the storeman would fill the request from the shelves. The system ran on paper, signed off by hand, weighed if relevant, recorded in a logbook. The plant closed in September 2011. The store was locked at the same time. The typewriter, the scale, and the labelled shelves have stayed in place.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The former store counter, once a critical stop for workers collecting parts and consumables, had to be relocated due to occupational health and safety concerns. Positioned near the rail line, it saw a steady flow of tradesmen, engineers, and the occasional unfortunate apprentice tasked with collecting a left-handed screwdriver, sky hooks, or the elusive long weight.

Brett Patman

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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