Entrance Rails
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 130mm · f/8.0 · 1/160 · ISO 140
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Heavy metal rails delineate an entrance at the Newington Armory. This site once served as a vital naval armament depot, storing munitions and supplies. The rusting iron shows years of exposure.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Entrance Rails
- Series
- Newington Armory
- Catalogue
- NAR-007
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 11 October 2019
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/160 s
- ISO
- 140
- Focal length
- 130 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Narrow-gauge rail tracks run wet through a sandstone and brick archway, heading straight toward the river foreshore. Rainwater pools between the rails. The arch is red brick over dressed sandstone blocks, heavy steel doors folded open on both sides. A lifting hook hangs from the centre of the arch. Beyond, a life ring and metal bollards mark the wharf edge. Green canopy fills the background.
Brett Patman
The series
Newington Armory
The Newington Armory operated as a Royal Australian Navy munitions depot from 1897 until decommissioning in 1999. Sandstone and brick magazines line the Parramatta River foreshore, their walls a metre thick in places, engineered to contain the force of an accidental detonation. The site now sits within Sydney Olympic Park, its original stores largely intact, paint peeling from heavy timber doors, river light filtering through narrow vents cut into stone.
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