A few pics from one of my first trips. I remember looking at other people's stuff online, and was so struck by this hulking remnant of industrialism that I made the trip up to PA from Baltimore to see it. Photography was mostly to remember the trip.. it's not great.
Side note: can anyone tell me if its still standing?
Posted by archiphoto Still standing though rumors are swirling. I believe the side building was demo'd a year or so ago.
There are no rumors, its actively coming down. First floor is already gone and starting on main structure.
From December:
The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. And soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark.
Posted by DevilC What? Literally or figuratively? Absolutely not. You just need to know where to look. There are dozens waiting for you to find them ...
I mean, I could be wrong, but... Dozens of breakers still standing in the U.S.? Are we talking about the same thing? I'm not talking about coal processing plants. I'm talking about breakers. And I was under the impression that after Huber was demolished last year, this guy was the last one standing. I recall that a couple of news articles corroborated this claim. That said, I'm no breaker expert, and I hope I'm wrong! This is potentially exciting.
Symantics. A breaker is a prep plant. A prep plant is a breaker. I get what you're saying though.
Posted by DevilC What? Literally or figuratively? Absolutely not. You just need to know where to look. There are dozens waiting for you to find them ...
Yeah, it is the last I guess you would say "historic" breaker/tipple/prep plant left in the US. However there could be some smaller ones left out in the boonies. The Eureka breaker was pretty much unknown to people in UE, it was just smaller and in the middle of nowhere.
There are larger ones out in the boonies actually ...
Posted by Soldat Yeah, it is the last I guess you would say "historic" breaker/tipple/prep plant left in the US. However there could be some smaller ones left out in the boonies. The Eureka breaker was pretty much unknown to people in UE, it was just smaller and in the middle of nowhere.
Science flies you to the Moon. Religion flies you into tall buildings.
Posted by DevilC There are larger ones out in the boonies actually ...
Go to the PA coal museum or read the thesis by Dr. Peter Yasenchak on the breaker, its 100% the largest non-modern breaker in the world. It is fact.
The Durango '95 purred away a real horrowshow - a nice, warm vibraty feeling all through your guttiwuts. And soon it was trees and dark, my brothers, with real country dark.
I'm disappointed I discovered this hobby so late. I'm only 20 minutes away from this location and was very excited about exploring until I discovered it had been demolished.
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