Footbridge metallic The factory on Arthurton Road

The factory on Arthurton Road operated under the Purnell Shoe Company name by the 1970s

dust motes caught in light filtering through grimy upper windows

its steel body scored and pitted from decades of heavy lifting

the two-storey structure served the children of Chichibu Mine's workforce until enrolment fell from 274 students in 1959 to 7 by 1984

Footbridge metallic The factory on Arthurton RoadThe timber footbridge at Bombala Railway Station extends 30 metres from the station building into open yard, with nothing on the far side to explain why it was built. Heritage NSW calls it a superb example of a non standard solution to site access, and the only structure of its kind at a rural terminus in NSW. Part of the Bombala Station series.