Washhouse Changing Area steel grate the tall grass beneath uncut

the tall grass beneath uncut

Spillway at Yubari

Rows of beehives sit in open paddock on land that once carried the rail spur and surface workings of Elrington Colliery

and graffiti marks the far wall

Charles Dransfield built the mill in 1859 using bricks manufactured on the property and granite sourced from the farm

Washhouse Changing Area steel grate the tall grass beneath uncutThe changing area of the Elrington Colliery washhouse, where underground miners came off shift and returned to the surface world. Part of a facility that served the mine's workforce across its 32 years of coal production, from 1930 until closure in December 1962. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.