This colossal and extraordinary structure was captured for posterity and its great architectural wonder. Standing at such lofty heights in Pennsylvania is the Sibley Breaker, constructed and raised in 1886 (after its former self burned to the ground earlier that year), presumably with local timber. It is a colliery, or breaker, constructed for the purpose of breaking pieces of coal from, I would imagine, the mine underneath it. Lumps of coal would be processed in the breaker.
As timber and coal are never a friendly combination, the Sibley Breaker burned-quite dramatically, one can imagine, in 1906. Nearly 200,000 tonnes of coal was produced in its day, with-as one might expect-a handful of fatalities along the way, tragically.
Witnessing its initial construction would've been a sight most incredible...
Ran when parked! Some surface rust.
The Valley Of Fire, Nevada 🇺🇸
