Work Bench Type:Framed The engine room of Peters

The engine room of Peters Creameries Pty Ltd's steam-driven dairy factory at Chatham sits frozen mid-shift

unhurried and unbothered

a spray-painted face staring outward from the partition wall

hydraulic fittings rusted orange

built from local hardwood and galvanised iron to last a working lifetime

Work Bench Type:Framed The engine room of PetersA heavy steel work platform runs the length of the workshop floor, its fascia and the block walls behind it buried under layers of graffiti applied during the years the building sat vacant. Debris and a gas cylinder rest on the concrete below. The Smith Street site was the mechanical and service arm of Sundell Motors Pty Ltd, an authorised Holden dealer operating out of Chatswood on Sydney's North Shore. Part of the Sundell Holden series.