Charge Crane Hook tochigi Kuwashima Hospital at Kaga

Kuwashima Hospital at Kaga

Dust settles on empty desks in the former offices of Balmain Leagues Club

later trading as Purnell Shoe Company

every surface filmed with dust and marked by rust

A grease gun lies where someone left it

Charge Crane Hook tochigi Kuwashima Hospital at KagaA charge crane hook at Port Kembla Steelworks, photographed in 2016, its steel body scored and pitted from decades of heavy lifting. Charge cranes were central to the steelmaking process, manoeuvring massive loads through the plant's primary production areas. Port Kembla Steelworks has operated continuously since No. 1 blast furnace was blown in on 29 August 1928. Part of the BlueScope Port Kembla series.