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The breaker and its twin at Locust Summit operated around the clock to meet the nation s dwindling but still substantial need for anthracite. Ed Tobin, 88, whose four decades in the coal industry ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Pieces of history on the move to Scranton's McDade Park. These artifacts all came from what's left of the Moffat Coal Breaker, an important part of Lackawanna County's coal ...

The Huber Breaker in Ashley, Pennsylvania, was once one of the most advanced coal processing plants in America, towering 11 stories and capable of handling nearly 7,000 tons of anthracite per day.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Pieces of history on the move to Scranton's McDade Park. These artifacts all came from what's left of the Moffat Coal Breaker, an important part of Lackawanna County's coal ...

Sue Hand’s prolific array of coal breaker paintings will be on display, in part, beginning this week at Luzerne County Community College. Hand has completed her series on Northeast Pennsylvania’s coal ...

ECKLEY — The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) on Wednesday announced that Eckley Miners’ Village — a landmark patch town preserving the legacy of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite mining ...

Above, a crew from Brayer’s Auto Service and Towing finishes moving an anthracite coal washer called a Menzies Cone onto a flatbed truck Thursday from the site of the former Moffat Breaker in Taylor.

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. (AP) — When coal was king, its castle was the breaker — an imposing fortress that crushed, washed and sized billions of tons of Pennsylvania anthracite for use in factories, ...