Quarry Void peters ice cream factory The shaft drove a single

The shaft drove a single 4-blade propeller approximately 2

A weathered steel screening structure inside Hornsby Quarry

peeling paint

its heavy frame and mechanisms intact after the works closed in August 1988

catching dust in the still air

Quarry Void peters ice cream factory The shaft drove a singleThe quarry void at Hornsby Quarry drops away into darkness, its dolerite walls rising steeply on all sides. Water has gathered at the floor, catching a pale reflection of sky. Quarrying here began around 1905 and continued until 2002, cutting progressively deeper through a Jurassic volcanic neck up to 120 metres deep. Part of the Hornsby Quarry series.