St. Nicholas Breaker
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St. Nicholas Breaker was a historic coal breaker in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
St. Nicholas Coal Breaker outside Mahanoy City, October 2007. The plant was last operated in 1972.
A mountaintop strip mine operates from the top and rear of the mountain
Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
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Mahanoy City is a borough located 38 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre and 13 miles southwest of Hazleton, in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Coal Region of Pe
St. Nicholas Breaker
…St. Nicholas Breaker was a historic coal breaker in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. St. Nicholas Breaker was located between Mahanoy City and Shenandoah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the southern part of the Coal Region. The breaker was once the largest of its kind, being the…
Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, October 2009
Breaker boys at dinner hour, Maple Hill Colliery, Mahanoy City, PA in 1908
Mahanoy City's Reading Railroad station abandoned platform in October 2025