Summer heat beats down on the coal briquette processing plant at the old Brazeau Collieries mining operation. Looking at the layers of tar, rust and coal dust on the corrugated tin walls and steel structures, it’s hard to imagine how it might have been to work in the plant when it was running at full tilt. The pattern of light playing over the wall brings to mind waves lapping against a shore countless years ago, now a distant memory captured in layers of sandstone visible in locations not far from here.
Breath of Dust, Memory of Waves, Nordegg
Royce Howland Photography 