Control Desk power station A large boiler stands rusted

A large boiler stands rusted and silent

from 1957 until 28 March 2010

and debris scatters the floor

A feeder bin stands inside the Box Hill Brickworks

The two SSG generators and the main 5-cylinder Polar diesel are visible at rear

Control Desk power station A large boiler stands rustedA heavy industrial control desk, its angled panel crowded with rotary dials and switches, sits abandoned inside Hornsby Quarry. Spray paint layers the surface; graffiti covers the concrete walls and timber boarding behind it. The quarry operated from around 1905 to 2002 under a succession of operators, producing crushed dolerite for road base across northern Sydney. Part of the Hornsby Quarry series.