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Breaker boy
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A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker in the United States and United Kingdom whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker.
Breaker boys at the Eagle Hill colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. George Bretz photo, 1884.
Breaker boys at the Eagle Hill colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. George Bretz photo, 1884.
"Breaker boy" by Charles Green
"Breaker boy" by Charles Green
Breaker boys in the 1880s picking slate from coal at a coal breaker in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Photo by George Bretz, 1880s
Breaker boys in the 1880s picking slate from coal at a coal breaker in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Photo by George Bretz, 1880s
Breaker boys sort coal in an anthracite coal breaker near South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911.
Breaker boys sort coal in an anthracite coal breaker near South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911.
Coal breaker
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A coal breaker is a coal processing plant which breaks coal into various useful sizes. Coal breakers also remove impurities from the coal and deposit them into a culm dump. The coal breaker is a forerunner of the modern coal preparation plant.
A coal breaking plant, depicted on a postcard in 1907.
A coal breaking plant, depicted on a postcard in 1907.
Coal breaker at an anthracite coal mine near Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1905
Coal breaker at an anthracite coal mine near Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1905
Breaker boys sort coal at an anthracite coal breaker near South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911
Breaker boys sort coal at an anthracite coal breaker near South Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1911
Coal being sorted by size and impurities removed on a dry screen at the Saint Nicholas breaker near Gilberton, Pennsylvania, 1938
Coal being sorted by size and impurities removed on a dry screen at the Saint Nicholas breaker near Gilberton, Pennsylvania, 1938