Turbine Hall Facing South quarry Workbenches and forgotten tools sit

Workbenches and forgotten tools sit under a layer of dust in the upstairs workshop of the Northcote Shoe Factory

The building opened as Asahi Elementary School in 1975 and closed just eight years later

Chichibu Mine and the company town built around it sustained families for decades before metal extraction ceased in 1978 and the settlement slowly emptied

stands directly alongside a newer utilitarian structure in a Yubari streetscape

Turbine Hall Facing South quarry Workbenches and forgotten tools sitTurbine Hall Facing South at Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia. Photographed 2015. Available unframed, framed, or face mounted on metallic gloss.