Drawing Office carpet The factory opened in 1939

The factory opened in 1939 and ran as a steam-driven dairy plant until the late 1990s

A hand-riveted steel L truck flat car sits in the yard at Bombala Railway Station

debris and a rusted pipe cover the floor

long before Holden's franchise withdrawal ended the dealer network it belonged to

throwing dust motes into suspension against the decaying walls

Drawing Office carpet The factory opened in 1939Drafting tables and scattered papers sit under a layer of dust in the drawing office of Portland Cement Works, where production plans were once prepared for one of Australia's dominant cement manufacturers. The office formed part of the Administration Building, constructed around 1902 as part of the Scheidel era plant. Broken window panes admit the only light. Part of the Portland Cement Works series.