Change Room and Basins charge crane Pit at Eveleigh

Pit at Eveleigh

commissioned in 1921 as the largest steam-powered water pumping station in Australia

light filtering down through the structure above

light filtering through the grime to what lies below

The building itself remains structurally sound and in active use today

Change Room and Basins charge crane Pit at EveleighTiled basins and overhead hooks line the change room of the Elrington Colliery washhouse, where underground workers stripped off dirty overalls before entering the shower area. The colliery ran approximately 275 men underground during the 1940s, each shift ending in this room. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.