Pennsylvania Off-Roading & ATV Trails | Famous Reading …

Reading Outdoors - Thousands of Acres for off-roading & trails in eastern PA. ATVs, jeeps, quads, pick ups, dirt bikes and more etc. ... Famous Reading Outdoors is the leader in ATV tourism with diverse terrain and coal lands. Approximately 130 miles from New York City, 95 miles from Philadelphia and 130 miles from Baltimore, the FRO experience ...

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Reading Anthracite Company | Coal Mining, Energy, Carbon …

Reading Anthracite Company mines & supplies low carbon, high BTU hard coal for metallurgical refining, heating, & water filtration.

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The Anthracite Coal Strike | Cases | The Clarence Darrow …

Westmoreland Breaker c. 1905. Coal Breaker, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-94996. Economy in a Mining Town (Twenty-five families are supplied by this hydrant). Breaker Boys. Eventually breakers boys were replaced by mechanical slate pickers called "jigs" which could do the work of ten breaker boys. Coal …

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PICTURES: Historic Pennsylvania coal mining photos

Louis G. Beltrami, Northeast Pennsylvania coal producer, holds a piece of coal as he poses in front of one of his coal breakers near Hazelton. Beltrami has been taken to court by state officials ...

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Coal co. seeking zoner approval to build new breaker in …

WILLIAM PENN – A new coal breaker — the first in decades in the heart of the Anthracite region — could soon be built south of this West Mahanoy Township village if the company has their way with township zoners this month. Keystone Anthracite, of Girardville, is seeking township approval to build the new breaker on Girard Estate …

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Massive coal breaker, Pennsylvania's last, is coming down

"But that's the way it goes when you're working in the coal fields and in the coal mines and in a breaker." Modern anthracite plants, like the one operated by …

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Breaker Boys: Breaking Childhoods – Anthracite Coal Region

A breaker boy was child laborer at the coal-mine whose job it was to separate impurities such as rock, slate, wood, sulfur, ash, clay, and soil from the coal using his bare hands in the coal breaker. He did this work while seated over wooden seats and conveyer belts. The boys stopped the coal to pick out the impurities by pushing their …

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Reading & Northern

The Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, with corporate headquarters in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania is a privately held railroad company serving nine counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. ... From old structures and stations to coal breakers and bridges this is old time anthracite railroading. Where the Lehigh Division lacked the anthracite ...

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Pennsylvania Northern Coal Field

Encyclopedic reference of Pennsylvania's Northern Anthracite Coal Field. Pennsylvania's Northern Anthracite Coal Field 1870 - 1970: Site updated on 03/08/2024. Database version 7.22.0 Related Sites: Abandoned Mine Reclamation: ... Breaker Screens and Coal Sizes: Shameless Book Plugs:

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Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker: an Abandoned …

The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company's old Saint Nicholas breaker was constructed in Gilberton PA, just outside of Mahanoy City. Clearing of the land began in 1930, then construction on …

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Good Place(S) to Buy Coal in Northeastern PA?

Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman Magnum (MK1) w/ PC control Coal Size/Type: Rice. ... Depending on the size and age of your house you may not need enough coal to make it worth your while to buy it at the breaker. When I lived near Reading, I only used 2 tons to heat a 2,200 sqft, 2 story house built in 1989. ...

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Massive coal breaker -- Pa.'s last -- is coming down

The old breaker is about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia in a region that holds nearly all of the nation's anthracite, a pure grade of coal that spawned the railroads, powered America's ...

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ANTHRACITE COALFIELDS

Eckley, Pennsylvania is an intact coal company town dating back to the mid-1800s. 1988 Kenny Ganz image courtesy of northernfield.info What other coal areas call a tipple or preparation plant, the northeastern Pennsylvania Coal Region calls a breaker. Here is the Harry E. breaker, which was located in Swoyersville, Pa. and demolished in 1995.

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Authorized Dealer Directory & Locator for Reading Anthracite

About Reading Anthracite; Anthracite Coal Products. Products and Services Overview; Commercial & Industrial Usage; Coal Heating – Residential & Business; ... Directions to New St. Nicholas Breaker; Reading Anthracite Home; Reading Anthracite Sales & General Inquiries 1-800-654-7792 1-570-622-5150. Anthracite Dealer Directory.

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Directions to New St. Nicholas Breaker | Reading Anthracite

Directions to New St. Nicholas Breaker; Reading Anthracite Home; Reading Anthracite Sales & General Inquiries 1-800-654-7792 1-570-622-5150. Directions to New St. Nicholas Breaker. Access Permits; ... The New St. Nicholas Breaker is a location for Bulk Coal pick-ups. From Harrisburg:

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Where Should I Get Coal? | Coal Prices & Quality, Coal …

Try these breakers they have better coal and are cheaper some will be closer then others check your map and see which ... I've used Meadowbrook for years and prefer it to the harder northern coal. When I first started using coal, Lehigh Valley was supposed to be the finest ... I think all of Washington should go back and start reading …

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Maps of Old NEPA Breakers & Collieries ? | Anthracite Coal …

Hayna or No! I have a 1936 survayors map of Old Forge that shows all mine, colliery's, some company buildings, and "THE" Susquehanna Connecting Rail Road, SCRR 1897. E&L Austin branch, and Sibley junction with the O & W. I was born in Sibley, Now live in Austin Heights. Carl, jasper933@comcast. jasper933.

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Massive coal breaker, Pennsylvania's last, is coming down

In this 1933 photo provided by Reading Anthracite, workers inspect coal cars at the St. Nicholas Coal Breaker in Mahanoy City, Pa. In the early 20th century, St. Nicholas opened as the crown jewel ...

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Reading & Northern to supply rail cars for Ukraine coal deal

Reading & Northern Railroad will supply coal cars as part of Pennsylvania-based Xcoal Energy and Resources' deal to ship 700,000 tons of coal for energy production in Ukraine. Half the tonnage ...

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Massive coal breaker, Pennsylvania's last, is coming down

The old breaker is about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia in a region that holds nearly all of the nation's anthracite, a pure grade of coal that spawned the railroads, powered America's ...

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Lecture explores history of anthracite giant

When it went into operation in March 1931, the St. Nicholas breaker outside Mahanoy City was one of the largest processors of anthracite coal in the world. State-of …

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Beer Money: Working the Reading & Northern

Reading & Northern took over the former Conrail Reading Cluster of branch lines serving the remaining coal mines in the Anthracite region.

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Home

The Anthracite Advantage. Anthracite is one of nature's cleanest-burning solid fossil fuels and carbon sources. A specialty mineral, anthracite is cleaner and harder than other forms of coal and offers the highest heat value of all coals. Since its discovery in Eastern Pennsylvania in 1769, anthracite has been meeting the needs of industrial ...

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Pennsylvania's last massive coal breaker comes …

Rich Morgan, with Reading Anthracite, looks over a mining site near the St. Nicholas Coal Breaker in Mahanoy City, Pa. Modern anthracite plants, like the one operated by Reading Anthracite a mile ...

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Huber Breaker Tour

June 20, 2005. The Huber Breaker in Ashley, PA, is the last of the great anthracite coal cleaning and processing plants. It was built in 1939 to replace the earlier Maxwell Breaker. Run-of-mine coal arriving at the breaker was washed and cleaned to remove impurities, principally slate. It was crushed and screened to specific sizes desired by ...

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Reading & Northern train schedule?

PNWC/PNMV/PNGS crew on duty 7AM M-F to serve industries on the Pottsville Branch (and other branches off of that) PNRG on duty 7AM Saturday to NS/Reading. PNJT on duty 7AM Friday (Jim Thorpe Turn) QAJE on duty 6AM Wednesday to head to the Jeddo breaker north of Hazelton. Returns as JEQA in the PM and runs to …

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Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Facts for Kids

Reading and Northern (RBMN) hopper cars loaded with anthracite in the trainyard of Blaschak Coal Company, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by the RBMN, it is a remnant of a combined yard that contained 20 miles (32 km) of trackage when the nearby Old St. Nicholas coal breaker—the world's largest—was in operation.

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Locust Summit Breaker – Underground Miners

In the late 1920s, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company began a series of improvements to the company that included the centralization of its 35 big collieries associated breakers. Under the direction of the newly appointed president of the company, Andrew J. Maloney, all of these operations were combined into two large processing…

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Reading & Northern

21. Swinging off a remnant of the former-Reading Catawissa Branch onto the main line through the coal fields at East Mahanoy Junction. RBMN 425. 22. RBMN 425. View 2. E Mahanoy PA. 23. Passing Premium Fine Coals breaker at Zehners PA (South Tamaqua). Note the Halloween dummy propped up by the pole on the right. RBMN 425. …

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Northern Anthracite Coal Field Miner's Memorial Park

The park will be located directly in front of the Huber Breaker site, at 101 South Main St. in Ashley, PA. There have been many iterations of plans as the society decides how to best to plan out the park. The image above represents one of the plans. See our Facebook site for more details on development of the park. Please consider supporting ...

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About the Reading Anthracite Company | Overview

About Reading Anthracite; Anthracite Coal Products. Products and Services Overview; Commercial & Industrial Usage; Coal Heating – Residential & Business; ... Directions to New St. Nicholas Breaker; Reading Anthracite Home; Reading Anthracite Sales & General Inquiries 1-800-654-7792 1-570-622-5150. About Reading Anthracite. Access …

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History of Huber Breaker – huberbreaker

The last 240,234 tons of on-site underground mined coal was prepared at Huber Breaker. 74,873 tons of surface mined coal was prepared at Huber and Loree breakers. The last 34,630 tons of Huber bank coal was shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement Company. ... 2008 – The HBPS began construction of the Huber Breaker Northern …

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Reading & Northern

From old structures and stations to coal breakers and bridges this is old time anthracite railroading. Where the Lehigh Division lacked the anthracite business, the Reading …

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Contact Reading Anthracite | Media & Hard Coal Sales

570-516-5255. scottk@racoal. William Rich. 570-573-1716. williamr@racoal. For more information including availability, delivery, quantities and pricing please contact the Reading Anthracite Company.

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Collieries and Coal Breakers

The terms colliery and coal breaker are often used inter-changeably and often imply that they are one in the same. A colliery in reality is where the coal is dug and can often refer to the mine itself and its associated property. A coal breaker is the coal preparation plant. Thus said, it should be noted that all collieries did not have coal ...

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