Loading Dock clicker Rows of analogue pressure gauges

Rows of analogue pressure gauges cover a yellow panel in the control room at West Ryde Pumping Station

Steel shelving lines the storeroom of the Northcote Shoe Factory

where slabs produced from 200/250 tonne BOS vessels move through the plant as flat steel destined for domestic and export markets

needles resting mid-scale

Worn floorboards carry a film of dust

Loading Dock clicker Rows of analogue pressure gaugesRusting machinery and peeling paint line the loading dock of the former Melbourne Glass Bottle Works at Spotswood, sunlight cutting through grimy windows onto a floor that once moved millions of bottles a year. The dock sat at the operational edge of a factory that had been producing glass continuously since 1890, when the company first built here on 12 acres beside the Yarra. By 1908, the works turned out 27 million bottles annually. Part of the O I