Carrying on my my previous posts documenting the former Gunns plant in the suburb of Invermay in Launceston this photograph I captured from the suburb of Trevallyn provides a great industrial profile of the buildings, pipes and machinery that made up the factory. I enjoyed this view as it provides context as to where the factory was located. In this photograph we see the former railway workshops in the far background (now University of Tasmania). Even at this time the photograph was taken it provides a real sense of how the suburbs of Inveresk/Invermay has been shaped heavily by manufacturing and industry. This view now looks vastly different and largely unrecognisable from this photograph. This photograph was captured just a couple of years before the entire site was demolished and the collapse of the company. I like how there is some steam/smoke coming from the chimney stacks showing that the factory was a working site...and then only in a short period of time the total collapse of the company. Founded by brothers John and Thomas Gunn back in 1875, the company was a major employer throughout Tasmania. It went into administration in 2012 and by early 2013 was placed into liquidation and its headquarters demolished completely later that year. As a documentary photographer I enjoy looking back through my vast archives. The current site today is unrecognisable from this photograph. I have documented the development of these new buildings that replaced Gunns as well. Who knows what it will look like in the next 10 years or 50 years from now...the process of documentation is endless! Remember you can view more photographs and blogs about Tasmanian Modernist architecture and design (1930s-1980s) on the website blog www.tryanphotos.com/tasmanian-modernism-blog