Machinery: Past and Present in Broken Hill

Locations like Broken Hill are rich in photographic subjects - it's a mining town after all, so the place abounds with bits of left over mining machinery, new and old, rusting or preserved, making for some great shots of our mining past...

Cylinder valves open for inspection
HDR using Aurora HDR Pro 2018

Close up of excavator engine parts - these are scattered around the Line of Lode car park!

More pipes
HDR processed with Aurora

Shallow depth of field close up of mining excavator

Rusty something-or-other

Hydraulic press, Line of Lode

Old mining trolley
HDR pic by Natalie Hitchens

Macro shot of rusty machinery
HDR pic by Natalie Hitchens

Pressure valves
Sulphide St Rail Museum