Crib Room cabin its colours faded and sole

its colours faded and sole separating from the upper

a government school that operated from 1958 until its closure in 2009

where visitors once bought souvenirs before the park closed on 7 December 2006

The colliery operated from 1930 until December 1962

Pit at Eveleigh

Crib Room cabin its colours faded and soleThe crib room at Elrington Colliery, built into the main workshop and administration building near Abernethy. Underground miners working the Greta Seam at 363 metres below surface came up here to eat. At its peak in the 1940s, approximately 275 men worked underground at this BHP owned colliery. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.