Drawing Office carpet and these gauges would have

and these gauges would have monitored the steam plant that ran here continuously from 1921 until full electrification in 1982

harvesting timber from his own land and drawing mud from nearby Levy's Gully

throwing dust motes into suspension against the decaying walls

dust settled across faded backdrops and scattered props

Drawing Office carpet and these gauges would haveDrafting tables and scattered papers sit under a layer of dust in the drawing office of Portland Cement Works, where production plans were once prepared for one of Australia's dominant cement manufacturers. The office formed part of the Administration Building, constructed around 1902 as part of the Scheidel era plant. Broken window panes admit the only light. Part of the Portland Cement Works series.