School Hall Type:Unframed Spray paint layers the surface

Spray paint layers the surface

A rusted iron staircase climbs from the main floor of the abandoned ABBCO Bakery towards the mezzanine above

Malthouse 1 was the first structure built on the site in 1899

The Wall at Lake Macquarie

its internal structures removed

School Hall Type:Unframed Spray paint layers the surfaceSunlight falls across the empty stage of Ogurawa Elementary and Middle School, the settlement's civic heart for three decades. Built in November 1952 after fire destroyed its predecessor, the two storey structure served the children of Chichibu Mine's workforce until enrolment fell from 274 students in 1959 to 7 by 1984. The school closed in March 1984. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.