Lamp Cabin Exterior Size:M Raw Material Conveyors at Ashio

Raw Material Conveyors at Ashio

A timber and corrugated iron dairy building stands on a ridge near Brown Mountain

replacing the open hearth furnaces that had operated since 1931

a spray-painted face staring outward from the partition wall

Lamp Cabin Exterior Size:M Raw Material Conveyors at AshioThe lamp cabin at Elrington Colliery, near Abernethy, where each underground safety light was numbered and assigned to a specific miner so surface staff could account for who remained below. BHP operated the colliery from 1930 until December 1962, supplying coal to the Newcastle steelworks. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.