781 Comments for Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker

The wheels with the cooling fins inside are giant brakes. Massive stuff, I'd like all that stuff for ornaments out in my yard.

There's some awesome stuff, the guts!

That's a pretty big one. There's big cool machine parts inside that. Likely used to remove overburden for strip mining.

I could use a good table saw, and this one just sits and rusts? I'd risk a zombie attack to get that!

nice shot

NOW IS THE ON SPROKETS WHEN WE DANCE!!!

I'm sure it would be awesome in a canoe, or a rowboat

The building in the background is the old steam and power plant for the mine. There are several other smaller buildings in the immediate area that are quite photogenic.

I wonder why the company didn't try and sell some of the machinery off to recoup some of the lost $. Does anyone know why the company's don't try too even sell the scrap?
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@Icewox - smell of sawdust brings back many happy memories of me, my dad and granddad working on something wooden. Love it.

@elokid - you'd need an absolute monstrosity of a tree to be able to hold the weight of the bucket and chain.

I (along with all your other admirers I’m sure!) am glad you made that choice as well! This is an amazing photo amidst so many amazing photos, thank you for your hard work Mr. Motts!

I know, who cares, right?

The lack of graffiti and the abdunace of metal still around is amazing.