St Nick's Coal breaker - a photo on Flickriver

            The Old St. Nick's Breaker was constructed in 1930 and began operating in 1932. Half of the village was relocated in order to create room for Reading Anthracite's Old St. Nicholas Breaker, the largest coal breaker in the world. 32 km of railroad track were laid, 3,800 tons of steel and more than 10,000 cubic yards 7,600 m3 of concrete were used. 3 km of conveyor lines, 40 km of conduit, 2,437.9 m2 of rubber belting, 190 km of wire and cable and 32 km of pipe were installed. When the breaker was constructed it was divided into two sides. Each side could be operated independently, producing 12,500 tons of coal a day. Once the raw coal enters the production process within the breaker it took just 12 minutes to pass through the entire breaker. For 31 years, the Old St. Nick's Breaker prepared all sizes of famous Reading Anthracite for the markets of the world.

when: march 2010

with: Bart, Kevin (thekts) & Matt (mANVIL)

Taken on: July 16, 2010

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