781 Comments for Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker

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Wow a blade that big and no safety guard. Guess safety was not as much of a priority back then like it is now... LOL
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Way cool, definitely looks scary.
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Coal Shute Sledding in PA- appears safer than the luge in British Columbia
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looks like it was eaten out by the langoliers....
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Domino's Anyone?
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are you sure it was not a machine that made soap dispensers?
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That very well could BE a cat sized bolt, Rekrats! How odd, that yellow tape looks so new compared to the rest of the place. It could possibly say water.
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Sweet!

Thanks!
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Wow, I count like ~20 windows. That would be quite the Halloween sled ride.

No noticable sagging in the roofline yet either.
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Any suggestions for the summer olympics?

Coal Shute Sledding?
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Anyone else have images of the two chipmonks from Bugs Bunny running around the lumber mill?
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Note the pitched roof of the "box".

I believe it is a halfway house for deliquent munchkins. They would be shuttled to and fro via the pneumatic tubes in the background from here to thier alloted work area's pushing the raw trunks of coal down the various rollers ( or so-called arm's shown in previous pictures ).

Motts, did you find anything resembling small clothes, or perhaps the corroded remains of belt buckles?
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Nice one Rivet!
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I'm digging the way teardrop shape of the blade cover, looks like a 1940's car wheelwell
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Well, now I am