Genkan Type:Unframed PHA Class at Eveleigh

PHA Class at Eveleigh

sunlight pressing through grimy windows onto the wreckage below

This shared facility served the Ogurawa settlement's workforce under Nitchitsu Co

debris covers the timber floor below

Genkan Type:Unframed PHA Class at EveleighA genkan inside the Ogurawa settlement, a pair of shoes left on the step under a layer of dust, the entryway open to fading light. Company housing at Chichibu Mine served a community of workers and families who built their lives around the mine's fortunes. When metal extraction ceased in 1978, families began leaving; the last permanent resident departed in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.