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Loomis breaker, D.L. & W. R.R., Nanticoke, Pa. – Historic Reproduction

Loomis breaker, D.L. & W. R.R., Nanticoke, Pa., [1915 Aug. 18] — historic photograph
Loomis breaker, D.L. & W. R.R., Nanticoke, Pa., [1915 Aug. 18]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Loomis breaker at Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, served the Wyoming Valley's anthracite fields, where the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad moved much of the coal out of the region. Breakers were tall wooden structures that crushed mined coal and screened it into graded sizes, removing slate and rock along the way, and young boys often did the picking in heavy dust and noise. The photograph, dated to about August 1915, comes from an album kept by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, a reminder that the military also paid attention to the coal and rail networks that fueled the period.

Created / published[1915 Aug. 18]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesPhotograph from U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. In album: p. 26. No. A-1165.
SubjectsCoal mining--Pennsylvania--Nanticoke--1910-1920. Power plants--Pennsylvania--Nanticoke--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,324 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203071

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