Collapsed Factory Interior tathra Retort Base at Bathurst

Retort Base at Bathurst

The mine closed in December 1962 after more than three decades supplying coking coal to BHP's Newcastle steelworks

divided by a brown partition wall with blue-painted moulding above

picking out the decay

the structure shows the age and condition you would expect from decades of salt water and minimal maintenance

Collapsed Factory Interior tathra Retort Base at BathurstA fire damaged manufacturing hall inside the former Davies Coop Bradmill factory, Yarraville, its roof collapsed and twisted metal sheeting hanging from the structure above. Rusted cylindrical vessels and scorched debris cover the floor; a single chair sits near a red object at the centre of the wreckage. Part of the Bradmill Denim series.