Workshop Gantry triangular sits motionless on a grimy

sits motionless on a grimy wall of the former production floor

BHP Collieries built this surface infrastructure between 1925 and 1930 to supply coal to the Newcastle steelworks

Jembaicumbene

the last permanent resident left the settlement in September 2006

Workshop Gantry triangular sits motionless on a grimyThe gantry beam of the 15 tonne overhead crane runs above the main workshop roofline at Elrington Colliery, near Abernethy, NSW. Standard gauge rail through the floor brought coal wagons in for access and repair. BHP built the workshops as part of the surface infrastructure completed between 1925 and 1930. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.