Water Vessel
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 21mm · f/8.0 · 1/30 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Corrosion blooms across the massive water vessel inside the abandoned Peters Ice Cream Factory. Patches of rust stain the grey metal, while peeling paint reveals layers of past industrial use.
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In situ
Print datasheet
- Title
- Water Vessel
- Series
- Peters Ice Cream Factory
- Catalogue
- PIC-030
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 14 February 2016
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/30 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 21 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 narrow passage squeezes between a brick column and a curved concrete vessel stained deep ochre with rust. A galvanised downpipe runs the full height of the brickwork, its lower joint green with corrosion. Ferns push through from above, filling the gap where walls no longer meet roof. The concrete underfoot is damp, scattered with grit and plaster. A sliver of sky cuts in overhead. To the left, a dark corridor recedes into the building's interior.
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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