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Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does away completely with the use of breaker boys. The percent of slate that goes in with the coal separated by this machine is 1% to 2%, where the percent with the old primitive method of using boys is from 15% to 60%. This picture was taken at the breaker of the Spencer Coal Co., at Scranton, Pennsylvania, on March, 18, 1913.  Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does ...

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Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Siphon Breaker Building, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Siphon Breaker Building, Grand Co...

Significance: The Siphon-Breaker Building played a small but critical role in the process of delivering water from the Columbia River to the irrigation system. Its main function was to manage the flow at the to... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. Coal on the grate in the Saint Nicholas breaker

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. Coal on the grate in the Saint Nicholas break...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A side view of the cone of a Chance coal separator in the Saint Nicholas breaker

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A side view of the cone of a Chance coal sepa...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodward coal breaker, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Woodward coal breaker, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzern...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzern...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of boys working in #9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown Borough, Pittston, Pennsylvania In this group are Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, and others reported previously.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Group of boys working in #9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Group of Breaker Boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross (see photos and labels #1953 & #1954).  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Group of Breaker Boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania ...

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Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis) 76 Parsonage Street, Hughestown Burough [i.e., Borough] Works in Breaker #9. Probably under 14.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Tom Vitol (also called Dominick Dekatis) 76 Parsonage Street, Hughesto...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a coal mine, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a coal mine, Kenntucky. Farm Security Admin...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk stockings. Silk thread to be used in making powder bags is produced from discarded hose which have been subjected to various processes. Here, the silk thread emerges from a breaker machine which spins the bleached material into this form

Discarded stockingss go to war. Here's what comes from your old silk s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzern...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Foothouse, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Foothouse, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne ...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, ...

Significance: This structure, along with the three Transfer Houses (HAER No. RI-35-C) and the Conveyors (HAER No. RI-35-D) form the yard coal delivery and handling system constructed between 1940 and ca. 1950. ... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day. Injured May 2, 1904. Leg crushed between cars. Amputated at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes Barre. "Baltimore Tunnell" - "Black Diamond" D. & H. Co. Thomas Lewellin Superintendent (inside boys); Samuel Morgan, Superintendent. In Hospital 9 weeks. Amputated twice. No charge. Received nothing from company. "Was riding between cars and we aren't supposed to ride between them." No written rules, but they tell you not to. Mule driver (who was on for first day) had taken his lamp and he tried to reach across car to get it. Slipped between bumpers. Been working in breakers since. Same place $1.10 a day. Work only about 1/2 time. Work about 6 hour day. Left 3 months ago. Been in N.Y. - no work. Trying to get work in Poolroom. Applicant at Bureau for Handicapped, 105 E. 22nd Street, N.Y. Nov. 1, 1909. Father living, (Mother dead.) Miner same place. Hurt month ago Rock fall. 2 brothers 25, 27. Home 15 Pennsylvania St.  Location: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, ...

An old photo of a man standing on the steps of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

[Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania]

[Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Circuit breaker in store building. Close-up of circuit breaker I

Circuit breaker in store building. Close-up of circuit breaker I

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Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A Chance coal separator in operation in the Saint Nicholas breaker. The cone vat, filled with sand and water and kept in solution by agitation, causes the coal to float above the rock, allowing the rock to be taken from the bottom of the cone. Bits of timber and other debris float on top and are skimmed off

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A Chance coal separator in operation in the S...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. The bottom of the cone vat of a Chance coal separator in the Saint Nicholas breaker, one of the two largest coal breakers in the world

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. The bottom of the cone vat of a Chance coal s...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A carload of coal being dumped into the Saint Nicholas breaker, one of the two largest in the world

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A carload of coal being dumped into the Saint...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzern...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Foothouse, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Foothouse, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne ...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne Co...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania]

[Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania]

Inscribed on verso: Kohinor Mine, Shenandoah City, Pa. 1891. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, P... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA

Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...

Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More

Train station Plymouth coal breaker, Pennsylvania - Public domain photograph.

Train station Plymouth coal breaker, Pennsylvania - Public domain phot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Breaker boy - Public domain scan / photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A water cleaning tank at the Saint Nicholas breaker. The silt settles and is pumped off

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A water cleaning tank at the Saint Nicholas b...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discarded stockings go to war. Bleached silk stocking "material" being fed into the breaker machine for conversion into thread with which to make powder bags

Discarded stockings go to war. Bleached silk stocking "material" being...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An extra large breaker. Children paddling in the surf at Coney Island, N.Y.

An extra large breaker. Children paddling in the surf at Coney Island,...

H52577 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903. No. 493.

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, Power Plant, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzern...

Survey number: HAER PA-204-B Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

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