Blue Coal
by Steve Godleski
Title
Blue Coal
Artist
Steve Godleski
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Photograph - Photo
Description
Huber Breaker, built in 1892 as the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Breaker ( Maxwell#20 ),then rebuilt in 1939 as the Huber Breaker, it is more commonly known today as the Ashley Breaker. In the 1800's and first half of the 1900's, structures like this these produced almost all of the nation's coal right here in Northeastern PA. Millions of men and boys worked in these enormous, noisy buildings. Seven to ten thousand people alone worked in the 134 foot tall, 11 story Hubert Breaker. Towards the end of the colliery's operation, they painted the coal blue as a marketing ploy. Thus the name Blue Coal Company. The breaker was shut down in 1976 however there is still over spray on the walls where the coal was painted. Anthracite coal was mined in this area. Anthracite coal is the most metamorphism type of coal. The term is applied to those varieties of coal which do not give off tarry or other hydrocarbon vapours when heated below their point of ignition. Anthracite ignites with difficulty and burns with a short, blue , and smokeless flame.
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July 13th, 2013
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