Laboratory
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/3 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
The abandoned laboratory within Peters Ice Cream Factory reveals its decay. Dust layers the workbenches, while empty bottles and broken equipment litter the floor. Faded labels hint at forgotten experiments, suspended in time.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Laboratory
- Series
- Peters Ice Cream Factory
- Catalogue
- PIC-014
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 14 February 2016
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/3 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 14 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Taree, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
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A control panel sits bolted to the right wall, its gauges and dials still intact. Pressure metres. Indicator lights. A "HOT" label in red. Loose cabling loops across stainless steel basins below. Paint peels from every surface in thick, curling sheets, exposing grey render beneath. Flat light enters through a bank of windows on the left. Green vegetation presses against the glass from outside. Graffiti marks the walls and equipment housing.
Brett Patman
The series
Peters Ice Cream Factory
Peters Ice Cream Factory opened on 4 November 1939 on the bank of the Manning River at Chatham, a suburb of Taree. The opening drew approximately 5,000 people. Peters Creameries built the plant for around £60,000, with a steam-driven capacity of 1,000 gallons of milk per hour and a boiler house running four Babcock and Wilcox boilers. Cream was delivered by boat from farms along the Manning River for four decades, a trade that ran until around the 1970s. The factory made ice cream, butter, milk powder, oil, and yoghurt, and was the main employer in the Manning Valley until it closed in the late 1990s. The building still stands at Chatham, deteriorating. Listed in 1990 on the local heritage register (Greater Taree, now MidCoast Council).
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