Federico Italiano@FedeItaliano76·Oct 27, 2020The Sibley breaker, Pennsylvania, as captured in 1886, destroyed by fire on June 23, 1906—https://instagram.com/p/CG1_8PtjtLM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link…132311,222
Federico Italiano@FedeItaliano76The Bast Colliery breaker, on the east side of Big Mine Run Creek, as captured circa 19203:33 PM · Oct 27, 2020·Twitter Web App11 Retweets140 Likes
Federico Italiano@FedeItaliano76·Oct 27, 2020Replying to @FedeItaliano76Coal Breaker, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, ca. 190539107
Federico Italiano@FedeItaliano76·Oct 27, 2020First Lance breaker, built about 1865 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_Plymouth,_Pennsylvania#/media/File:Lance_First_Breaker.jpg…2262
Every woman@ClamourWords·Oct 28, 2020Replying to @FedeItaliano76At least this one had windows. I suppose by 1920 child labor laws had halted the awful practice of using kids as breaker boys.