Elrington Colliery

No.2 shaft top Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd, Elrington Colliery, New South Wales, 1936. Coal production started here in 1930 using two concrete lined shafts each 18ft in diameter down to the top Greta seam at 1200ft. Elrington Colliery was served by Hebburn Limited private railway. A spur branch track diverted from this railway just prior to the entry to Hebburn No. 2 Colliery. The pit-top screens at the Colliery were 14 miles 12 chains distant by rail from the NSW Government Railways at East Greta Junction. The colliery closed in December 1962 although large reserves of coal remain untouched.

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