Boring Machine Type:Unframed The assembly hall at Macquarie

The assembly hall at Macquarie Boys Technology High School

Part of a works that produced cement continuously from 1902 until November 1991

blacksmithing and lumber shops

Part of the Hornsby Quarry series

Boring Machine Type:Unframed The assembly hall at MacquarieA rotary cutting head from Awaba Colliery's boring machine, its carbide tipped teeth thick with rust, sits on a stained concrete slab with crawler tracks visible beneath. White hydraulic hoses still connect the machine's sections, dormant since mining ceased in March 2012. Awaba operated from 1947 until coal reserves in the Great Northern Seam were exhausted. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.