Office Mezzanine fans supplying Sydney bakeries for almost

supplying Sydney bakeries for almost ninety years

its metal frame the colour of old blood

Brick columns run the length of the Malthouse Two basement

light pressing through gaps in the aged roof to fall across the worn floor below

replaced the open hearth furnaces that had run since 1931

Office Mezzanine fans supplying Sydney bakeries for almostA mezzanine office overlooks the factory floor of the abandoned ABBCO Bakery in Leichhardt, papers and debris still scattered across the desk. The office block sat above a building that, by 1973, was described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia, producing around 100 types of bread and distributing across Sydney via 22 retail shops. Part of the ABBCO Bakery series.