BOS Building Facing East australia its metallic surface marked by

its metallic surface marked by decades of intense heat and hard use

Desks and open books sit where classrooms once ran through eight years of operation before the coal economy made them redundant

Boiler Feed Valves at Rozelle

Render peels from the upper walls while bare scrub pushes up at the base

BOS Building Facing East australia its metallic surface marked byThe Basic Oxygen Steelmaking building at Port Kembla Steelworks rises against an open sky, its steel framed mass placing it among the defining structures of Australia's largest crude steel production plant. Basic oxygen steelmaking was introduced at Port Kembla in 1972 in 200 250 tonne vessels, replacing open hearth furnaces that had operated since 1931. Part of the BlueScope Port Kembla series.