Grain Elevator Tower hunter valley Empty window frames and fractured

Empty window frames and fractured brickwork mark the exterior of the Portland Cement Works Powerhouse

The wire fence and galvanised water tanks belong to a working property that remained in continuous family hands from 1910 to 2004

its blue paint flaking from the cab and front guard above a pink and yellow steel wheel

picking out the scale of the load-bearing brick structure

The foreground two-track road runs past tall grasses and flowering weeds beneath a cloudy sky

Grain Elevator Tower hunter valley Empty window frames and fracturedA corrugated metal tower rises above the concrete grain shed at Mount Russell, connected by a raised conveyor gallery and a steel access stairway. A skillion verandah roof extends over a loading area on the site operated at closure by GrainCorp. The original concrete silo dates to 1934; a major expansion followed in 1955, bringing combined capacity to approximately 32,600 tonnes. Part of the Mount Russell Grain Silo series.