Beyond Here #2
by Wayne Sherriff
Title
Beyond Here #2
Artist
Wayne Sherriff
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Photograph - Photograph
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Leitch Colliery ruins at Crowsnest Pass, Alberta - Canada. With the discovery of coal in the area in 1905, collieries were developed. The settlement of Passburg was established and soon grew to about 500 people with a post office, school, hotel and many businesses. Setbacks with labour unrest, slumping market demand for coal and financial difficulties proved to be too much, however, and with the closure of the mine operations in 1915 Passburg began to decline. Only a few people remained by 1940, and in 1956 the last occupied house was moved to a nearby town. All that remains now are a few stone ruins that have been preserved with massive beams installed in the main building, presumably to hold the remaining structure together.
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September 3rd, 2015
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