Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.
Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.

Welding Bay

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings
36mm · f/4.0 · 0.6s · ISO 250
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A deserted welding bay stands silent within the abandoned O-I Glass factory. Tools lie scattered, covered in a fine layer of dust. Rust colours the metal surfaces, hinting at years of disuse.

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Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.Welding Bay at O-I Glass, a high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Welding Bay
Series
O-I Glass
Catalogue
OIG-015
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
0.6s 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
02 LOCATION

Thomastown, Victoria, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A high-ceilinged industrial bay with pale blue blockwork walls stained dark where heat and grease have soaked in over decades. Louvred vents and a steel extraction hood sit above a metal workbench still cluttered with rags and crushed cans. Faded notices cling to the wall. Sunlight enters low from the right, cutting across a concrete floor littered with debris. A large timber door hangs open. The air looks thick, full of dust.

Brett Patman

O-I Glass

The series

O-I Glass

2011 · 15 photographs

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.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM O-I GLASS

14 other prints in this series

All prints
Showers at O-I Glass, terrazzo partitions divide the shower block into narrow stalls.
Showers $100.00
Heater at O-I Glass, an industrial heater hangs from steel roof trusses inside the O-I Glass factory at Thomastown.
Heater $100.00
Dining Room at O-I Glass, a sultana biscuit tin sits on the counter of a stripped kitchen.
Dining Room $100.00
Plate Room at O-I Glass, large circular vats sit low on a wet concrete floor.
Plate Room $100.00
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