Vacuum Sealer Hoses Size:M A cast iron and timber

A cast iron and timber bench sits in uncut grass at Queen Victoria Sanitorium

Dust lies thick across the silent stage of the Queen Victoria Sanitorium's entertainment room

Kitchen at Pyrmont

its metal surfaces marked by decades of decay

Vacuum Sealer Hoses Size:M A cast iron and timberVacuum sealer hoses coil across the floor of the Northcote Shoe Factory's production area, coated in dust, the plastic and metal long gone quiet. The vacuum sealer was part of a chain of operations that turned flat material into shaped footwear, each station on the floor a specific skilled task. The factory on Arthurton Road was purpose built in 1926 and operating as the Purnell Shoe Company by the 1970s. Part of the Northcote Shoe Factory series.