01-04-2014, 05:50 PM
I must be living in a hole in the ground , Because I missed this.
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St. Nic. and Huber are the only remaining coal breakers left, Huber is owned by a scrap co. and looks like St. Nic will now be coming down. Several attempts were made to preserve at least one of these buildings. They were the driving force behind the industrial revolution that provided this country great prosperity. St. Nic was owned by the county after it was donated by the coal co. but, I guess that has changed.
Here's a vid of the breaker.
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St. Nic. and Huber are the only remaining coal breakers left, Huber is owned by a scrap co. and looks like St. Nic will now be coming down. Several attempts were made to preserve at least one of these buildings. They were the driving force behind the industrial revolution that provided this country great prosperity. St. Nic was owned by the county after it was donated by the coal co. but, I guess that has changed.
Here's a vid of the breaker.
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My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew