Dining Table Size:L their curved profiles repurposed for

their curved profiles repurposed for whatever the land demanded

its mosaic tile fascia intact beneath layers of graffiti

the treads grey and splintered

and operated for 27 years as a lighthouse supply tender for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service

What remains today retains the physical evidence of a production process largely unchanged since the early twentieth century

Dining Table Size:L their curved profiles repurposed forDust coats a dining table and chairs inside a company residence at the Ogurawa settlement, Nichitsu Mining Village, the remote community in Saitama Prefecture that housed the families of Chichibu Mine workers at its peak. The settlement emptied after metal extraction ceased in 1978, with its last permanent resident leaving in September 2006. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.