Lamp Cabin and Washhouse Type:Framed closed 28 March 2010 and

closed 28 March 2010 and sat derelict for years before demolition

with bathrooms and storerooms to the left

dust settled into every grain

The Little Company of Mary opened the first wing here in 1889 and operated the complex until 1986

Lamp Cabin and Washhouse Type:Framed closed 28 March 2010 andThe lamp cabin and bathhouse at Elrington Colliery, the surface welfare buildings BHP built for the mine's workforce. Both structures sat at the pit top, where men collected and returned their lamps at the start and end of every shift. Elrington Colliery, near Abernethy in the Hunter Valley, produced coal for BHP's Newcastle steelworks from 1930 until its closure in December 1962. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.