Washhouse Exterior Wall Colour:N/A grimy industrial windows lining the

grimy industrial windows lining the far wall

where Lars Halvorsen Sons Pty Ltd built 1

its weathered steel face marked by rust stains and flaking paint

produced footwear under the Purnell Shoe Company name by the 1970s

Washhouse Exterior Wall Colour:N/A grimy industrial windows lining theThe exterior side wall of the washhouse at Elrington Colliery, with the main workshop building's gantry crane visible in the distance. The 15 tonne overhead crane served that workshop, unloading heavy machinery and servicing coal wagons. Coal production ran from 1930 until December 1962, when BHP closed the mine with large reserves still in the ground. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.