Laboratory Colour:Raw and weighbridge

and weighbridge

its coils thick with dust and long cold

moving armaments between the magazines

The factory floor of the former Melbourne Glass Bottle Works at Spotswood stretches into the distance

Laboratory Colour:Raw and weighbridgeDust coated glassware and abandoned instruments line the worn benches of the laboratory at Portland Cement Works, a room that once supported the quality control work of one of Australia's largest cement operations. The Commonwealth Portland Cement Company at its 1912 peak produced approximately 40% of all Portland cement manufactured in Australia. Part of the Portland Cement Works series.