Machining Workshop wood A tall arched window

A tall arched window

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

their faded signs catching afternoon sun

Light reaches in from windows at the far end

Machining Workshop wood A tall arched windowThe 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