781 Comments for Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker

It's not stairs!!!! IT'S A REDNECK ESCALATOR

It looks like something that works like cotton gin saw wheels(what seperates the cotton from the lint). Judging by the grate welded on one side it would work that way. but it's just a s.w.a.g. (scientific wild ass guess)

I jumped out the window onto a trampoline, and I SURVIVED IT!!!! It was awesome!!!

Well, back in the 30's safety was mostly "Keep your arm out of there, stupid!"

Absolutely, it's a conveyor track, and the reason for the angles is to keep the crushed coal in the center of the track and minimize cleanup and lost product.

As always, Motts, you can take the most mundane part of a derelict operation and breathe new live into it.

lol yeah it was ;the mangler. i remember watching it when i was like 13 yrs old im now 25. crazy throw back, no1 remembers really .lol. thats great. pa. the mountains and all the abondonded coal plants i remember on my trips growing up,starring up into the ruins and wanting to be inside rather than on the way to visit my nanny. i was wondering when motts was gonna start hitting up the coal town state. I love how it all comes together, beautiful.

Im betting this is not up to code.....lol

Interesting name, the movie by that name gives me nightmares, as does this machine. Was the movie your inspiration for the name?

I love how the gray skies and the building give this picture an "ominous" kinda feeling.

Wow! that hole's gotta be 25-35ft. high!

Rekrats- OSHA nightmare is right! This place would overwhelm any inspector. For all we know, that may have had to do with the place closing up.

The angle of this shot is breath-taking. Awesome one, Motts!

Heh heh... Stalag 13. Hogan's Heroes...

Tune in next week to see how Batman gets out of this!!

Getting dead in dumb way people can win Darwin award. To bad they cant claim it. Best way is to not to do stupid things and stay alive.