Boiler House Basement

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
24mm · f/4.0 · 13s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Within the West Ryde Pumping Station's boiler house, the basement reveals large, silent pipes and decaying machinery. Rust colours the metal surfaces. Dust layers the forgotten industrial heart, where light filters through the grimy windows.

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In situ

Boiler House Basement at West Ryde Pumping Station, basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed.Boiler House Basement at West Ryde Pumping Station, basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed.Boiler House Basement at West Ryde Pumping Station, basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed.Boiler House Basement at West Ryde Pumping Station, basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed.Boiler House Basement at West Ryde Pumping Station, basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Boiler House Basement
Series
West Ryde Pumping Station
Catalogue
WRP-002
Process
Giclée
Captured
26 August 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/4.0
Shutter
13s s
ISO
100
Focal length
24 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
02 LOCATION

West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Basement of the boiler house where clinker and ash would be removed from boilers.

Brett Patman

West Ryde Pumping Station

The series

West Ryde Pumping Station

2015 · 17 photographs

Ryde Pumping Station, on the corner of Victoria Road and Hermitage Road in West Ryde, was the largest pumping station in Australia when its 1921 building was completed. The first station on the site went up in 1891, taking water from Potts Hill Reservoir and lifting it to Ryde tank and Chatswood through a pair of 146-horsepower vertical compound pumping engines moving 3,400 gallons a minute. The second and larger station was commissioned on 15 September 1921 and absorbed the work; the original station ceased pumping in November 1930 and was demolished in 1961. The 1921 station continues to operate as a working water utility, and was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 15 November 2002. Engineering Heritage Australia recognised the place in 2017. The Lost Collective photographs are of the heritage interior of the working station.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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