Beverly Coal Company

I am glad so many of you enjoyed the panorama view of the mural yesterday. As I said I would take a few days to highlight a few of the sections of the mural this week.
The Beverly Coal Company started as a co-operative under municipal sponsorship in 1931 as a way to provide employment for unemployed local miners. Mining played a huge part in Edmonton's history dating back to the late 1800's.
What seemed like a good idea unfortunately did not last and the company was facing bankruptcy in 1933. It managed to stay in business for a few more years and in 1937 the process to shut down the mine began.
Fortunately this story does have a happy ending because a couple of local businessmen became involved in the whole thing and managed to turn things around and the mine continued to operate until 1951.Today the site of the mine is now enjoyed by many of the residence of this neighbourhood in the form of a lovely park

[Nancy]

Thanks for sharing the story behind the mural. It's really interesting.

[KWind]

Another beautiful mural! So many details again!

[Danette Thompson]

Thanks for sharing.

[Kerri]

Awesome!!

[Maggiemae]

Fabulous processing - like a painting! What app did you use? It has made this into a very artistic scene. Glad it is still there!

[summerfield]

this is a mural? holy cow! looks so realistic. i remember when i first saw your album. it was also a mural and melody was in the photo and i thought she was part of the mural.

[Cathie]

Wonderful collage, Brian. Thanks for posting.

[Dixie Goode]

Interesting and beautiful. Sadly the coal mine where I grew up did not have a happy ending at all. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mine-explosion-kills-74-in-montana

[Gena Pegg]

Amazing. Such a lovely piece of history.

[Graham Thresher]

This is such an interesting capture. Fav

[Tony]

Great capture Brian, wonderful detail in that painting.

[Louise & Ken]

What a lovely image, and it's nice to read of the help they received along the way!

[Dione Giorgio]

Gorgeous mural - very artistic. A great story to go with it and thanks for sharing.

[Carole Imes]

Thank you for sharing this interesting story. Incredibly beautiful mural.

[Candace]

Beautiful mural an the history behind the mine really great!

[Terry]

Great processing on this one

[Peter Bunker]

Lovely image and history.

[Michael Smith]

I LIKE this. I had to take a second look to figure out that it really was from the mural. Well done! +fav

[Fisher Family]

Wow, I was thinking 'it looks just like a painting' and I suppose it is, of sorts! Lovely colours - Lucy

[Néfertiti]

c'est trais bien fait ,superbe peinture

[Hubregt Visser]

Great piece of art

[John]

Fab picture

[Pat Knowles]

Love the strong colours here....very interesting photo.

[Alex]

The premium, as usually! Talented work! Congratulations on your success.
Good luck, Alex.

[Claire]

Amazing mural, nicely sectioned piece

[Karin Hirsch]

Nic section to start with and a great story to it

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful mural and interesting information.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Very well taken photo great colour and framing fav:)

[Mary]

Thank you for sharing the story of the mine--very nice detail on the mural.

[Vicki Dixon]

really cool that each scene has a story

[Peggy Scroggins]

Wonderful story and photo.

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield I think I know which one you are talking about

[bkb in the city]

@cathieg You're welcome Cathie

[bkb in the city]

@pandorasecho With all of the coal mines we had in the city I know of only one disaster which was a fire in 1907 which killed seven people

[bkb in the city]

@eyesmile This mural certainly does help preserve our history Gena

[bkb in the city]

@thresheg Glad you like it Graham and thanks for the fav

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Thanks Tony and it is a wonderful painting

[bkb in the city]

@Weezilou Glad o share it with you Louise

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann You're welcome Dione

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 You're welcome Carole

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Glad you like it Candace

[bkb in the city]

@sarasdadandmom This one is SOOC Terry

[bkb in the city]

@hopelessromantic Glad you enjoyed it Peter

[bkb in the city]

@golder365mjsmith Glad you like it Michael and thanks for the fav

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Glad you enjoyed it Lucy

[bkb in the city]

@montse Merci

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Yes Hubregt it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs Glad you like it John

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Glad you enjoyed it Pat

[bkb in the city]

@baalst Thank you Alex

[bkb in the city]

@claireuk Glad you like it Claire

[bkb in the city]

@khirsch Glad you enjoyed this one Karin

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you enjoyed this one Marilyn

[bkb in the city]

@stevepam Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@mcmary Glad to share it

[Danny Davies]

Well taken bkb, photo has great colour.

[bkb in the city]

@vickisfotos Glad to share them with you

[bkb in the city]

@miata2u Glad you enjoyed them both

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@nanm Glad to share it with you

[bkb in the city]

@danette You're welcome Danette

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Glad you think so Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@maggiemae This a section of mural that I posted yesterday

[Stephanie Swift]

Looks like a very well-painted mural; I like the many lines in this section.

[bkb in the city]

@dannydavies Thanks Danny

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum Glad you like it Stephanie

[Diane]

So interesting! Nice shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I'm glad the history of this mine ended on a positive note. That's a tall order when a company is struggling. Good shot.

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Thanks Diane

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Most of the mines in Edmonton had a good end to their history

[bruni]

I too went back to the mural to check it out. awesome.

[Ivan]

Missed this one. Super rendition of this wonderful piece of wall art, great backstory too.

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Glad you sae that one Bruni

[Bankmann]

This is beautiful. Quite a gifted artist. Reminds me of one of those old Americana artists...

[bkb in the city]

Definitely very gifted