Fire Station shutters dust settling over forgotten machinery

dust settling over forgotten machinery and a concrete floor

most hanging open and empty

The signboard is part of Yubari Kinema Kaido

catching dust in the air above worn floorboards

supplying blue metal for road construction across northern Sydney

Fire Station shutters dust settling over forgotten machineryHard hats pile on a red steel bench inside the Nichitsu Mining Village fire station equipment shed, a spoke wheel and hand cranked siren on the concrete floor beside them. Dry leaves cover everything; the roller door stands half open. The shed formed part of the Ogurawa settlement's internal fire brigade infrastructure, which served a community that once numbered well over 2,000 people. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.