Factory Floor
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
- Settings
- 36mm · f/4.0 · 1/10 · ISO 250
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Light filters through high windows, illuminating the vast, empty factory floor of the O-I Glass plant. Rusting machinery stands silent, awaiting a production cycle that never comes.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Factory Floor
- Series
- O-I Glass
- Catalogue
- OIG-005
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 18 December 2011
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
- Aperture
- f/4.0
- Shutter
- 1/10 s
- ISO
- 250
- Focal length
- 36 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Thomastown, Victoria, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
Thomastown, Victoria, Australia
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A vast industrial floor stretches out beneath a steel-trussed roof. Corrugated metal sheeting runs the full span overhead. Ductwork hangs from the ceiling, its cladding peeled back and buckled. Conical pendant lights dangle at intervals, none lit. The floor is thick with grit, broken glass, and scattered debris. Along the back wall, green-painted machinery housings and electrical panels stand in a row. A metal staircase climbs to a mezzanine level on the right. Pale light enters through tall windows on the left side.
Brett Patman
The series
O-I Glass
O-I Glass at Spotswood was the original Melbourne Glass Bottle Works -- the foundation site of glass-bottle manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand. Felton & Grimwade started the Melbourne Glass Bottle Co in Graham Street, South Melbourne, in 1872, then relocated to Spotswood in 1890. By 1908 it was the largest bottle producer in Victoria. The operation amalgamated into Australian Glass Manufacturers (AGM) in 1916, renamed Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI) in 1939, and was acquired by Owens-Illinois (O-I) in 1998 when the multinational bought ACI Packaging from BTR plc. Glass was produced on the site for over a century. The plant was substantially shut down by 1997, the rail siding to Koala Siding ceased operating in 1998, and the buildings were demolished around 2012. The Lost Collective photographs are from the abandoned period before the demolition.
Print sizes
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