Machining Workshop wood its surface patched with moss

its surface patched with moss and threaded through with vines

The workshop sits within a Federation and Inter-War period industrial complex that once drove production of approximately 40% of Australia's Portland cement by 1912

5 tons and used for loading cargo

and empty shelves sit under a coat of dust in the production packaging room of Peters Creameries Pty Ltd's Chatham factory

the factory once ran capacity for 1

Machining Workshop wood its surface patched with mossThe workshop floor runs the full length of the building, bare concrete under steel roof trusses, whitewashed brick walls catching light from clerestory windows above. Tall timber doors line the far end. One of several industrial structures within the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company works at Portland, NSW, the precinct produced cement from 1902 until November 1991 and is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. Part of the Portland Cement Works