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Barren

Barren

I believe this was the coal washing building, which was built a little later than the Huber breaker. Its job was to filter out impurities (slate, etc) from the mined coal.

Edit: perhaps it was a loading station, thanks to Tom Moore's comment.
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Deb
Tue 02-05-2008
Nice shot!
Canada
Tue 02-05-2008
love this photo, great capture love the B&W
rtotten
Mon 02-11-2008
The size of that loading ramp is amazing, wish I could see it from distance in a panoramic shot.
KEMPKES
Wed 02-20-2008
Cold...
subcoolman
Fri 03-07-2008
This is a really great shot! You can almost imagine what it must have looked like in its heyday. So much history in the coal region.....
Laura
Mon 04-28-2008
I do not believe that was the coal washing building. I believe it was built to searve as a loading station to load trucks for local delivery. I have been there many times and it was added after the breaker was built not sure what year. The conveyor took the coal from the loading site of the hopper cars and brought it to the gravity feed station for trucks.
Tom Moore
Tue 09-28-2010
Thank you for the correction!
Motts
Fri 10-01-2010

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