Water Tank rackwood Peeling paint and cracked tiles

Peeling paint and cracked tiles mark the room's slow retreat

Part of the Mittagong Maltings series

The room was one of many left largely intact after the July 2007 fire

operational from 1957 until 28 March 2010

a structure central to the works that drove cement production from 1902 until closure in November 1991

Water Tank rackwood Peeling paint and cracked tilesA corrugated galvanised iron water tank stands against the weatherboard cladding of the Big Hill Post Office residence, fed by a downpipe from the roofline above. Paint peels from the boards in long strips. Bare winter trees rise behind the outbuilding. The post office served the Big Hill district from 1 November 1869 until 1945. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.