Lamp Cabin Exterior Size:M A timber-framed house stands alone

A timber-framed house stands alone on an exposed hill

Where visitors once gathered

The Powerhouse dates to around 1902 and was extended and modified repeatedly across the operational period

replacing the open hearth furnaces that had operated since 1931

A rusted horseshoe lies on the grimy floorboards of a slab cottage built around 1890 in the Southern Tablelands

Lamp Cabin Exterior Size:M A timber-framed house stands aloneThe 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.