A few weeks back, when Margarit and I were down south at East Coulee, we decided to check out the old Bishop Place. It was the Mine Managers House at the Sheerness Coal Mine. The Sheerness Generating Plant switched from coal to natural gas a couple of years ago. The coal mine has been shut down, and the remaining dragline is in the process of being dismantled. Sadly this old house has been demolished.
Obviously it had been home to nothing but pigeons for quite a period of time. Check out the size of the piles of droppings in the windows, and below the light fixture. I was hoping to get back there and photograph the place again, but sadly it was not to be.....
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