Stairs Down hotel light cutting through a space

light cutting through a space that once served school children and

The quarry operated from around 1905 to 2002

Ltd established the site from around 1913

The quarry void at Hornsby Quarry drops away into darkness

Stacks of graph paper rolls sit gathering dust inside West Ryde Pumping Station

Stairs Down hotel light cutting through a spaceConcrete stairs descend into the quarry void at Hornsby Quarry, water pooling at the base and throwing light back up the shaft. This infrastructure provided working access within a dolerite quarry that supplied blue metal for northern Sydney's roads from around 1905 until 2002. Part of the Hornsby Quarry series.