Welding Bay carpark first as a tuberculosis sanitorium

first as a tuberculosis sanitorium and later as a geriatric facility

Worn floorboards carry a film of dust

its tracks rusted silent and the weeds long since claiming the margins where visitors once waited

A hand-painted sign for the Rodeo Coffee Shop hangs above a dusty entrance

Molten slag spills from a ladle at Port Kembla Steelworks

Welding Bay carpark first as a tuberculosis sanitoriumThe welding bay at the former Melbourne Glass Bottle Works at Spotswood sits idle, tools left in place where they were last set down, every surface filmed with dust and marked by rust. This was the maintenance side of a factory that at its peak employed 139 maintenance workers alone, a workforce large enough that their 19 week lockout in 1996 became a defining moment in Victorian industrial history. Part of the O I Glass series.