Grain Elevator Tower hunter valley a pair of shoes left

a pair of shoes left on the step under a layer of dust

its row of empty window openings and a dark doorway facing the field

picking out the scale of the load-bearing brick structure

The wire fence and galvanised water tanks belong to a working property that remained in continuous family hands from 1910 to 2004

Cracked tiles and exposed pipework trace the extent of the decay

Grain Elevator Tower hunter valley a pair of shoes leftA corrugated metal tower rises above the concrete grain shed at Mount Russell, connected by a raised conveyor gallery and a steel access stairway. A skillion verandah roof extends over a loading area on the site operated at closure by GrainCorp. The original concrete silo dates to 1934; a major expansion followed in 1955, bringing combined capacity to approximately 32,600 tonnes. Part of the Mount Russell Grain Silo series.