Machine Shop meters a grimy window casting flat

a grimy window casting flat light across the room

and LARC amphibious vehicles

weeds pushing through the ballast around them

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

Machine Shop meters a grimy window casting flatA 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.