Machine Shop meters A metal cage stands inside

A metal cage stands inside the workshop and service centre at 17 Smith Street

Coal production ran from 1930 until December 1962

dust settling over forgotten machinery and a concrete floor

Boiler House Basement at Morwell

and LARC amphibious vehicles

Machine Shop meters A metal cage stands insideA tool rack on the wall of the machine shop at Elrington Colliery, Abernethy. The shop sat within the main workshop building alongside the electrical workshop and compressor room, the whole space served by a 15 tonne overhead electric crane running its full length. BHP Collieries built this infrastructure to keep a mine designed for 3,000 tonnes a day running. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.