[1] The main area of heritage interest is the remains of the incline railway, constructed in 1914 and the 1930s ore chute system, although other elements have value to segments of the current island community.

The railway was the main means of transport between the cove settlement and the upper terrace until construction of the modern road to Poon Saan from 1958.

The incline railway began at Drumsite and terminated near the old power station in the main settlement precinct.

The roof of the sample shed includes an unusual arrangement of curving steel struts and is of architectural and technical interest.

[1] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Drumsite Industrial Area, entry number 105339 in the Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2019 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 15 May 2019.