Administration Office ashfield Sheets of iron lie scattered

Sheets of iron lie scattered across the ground where they have fallen

its bolts and hinges holding firm against more than a century of weathering

its surface worn and marked by years of student projects

connecting the shore to tankers carrying bulk chemicals and fuels

one of 59 structures Brett Patman photographed across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley between 2016 and 2019

Administration Office ashfield Sheets of iron lie scatteredOne of the offices in the main management building at Elrington Colliery, positioned beside the electrical workshop near Abernethy. BHP Collieries ran the mine from 1930 until December 1962, supplying coking coal to the Newcastle steelworks. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.