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LAST UPDATE: 4/28/2010

 

 

 

 
   
 

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Jermyn No 2 Breaker:

The Jermyn No 2 was located along Marion and Railroad St near the present day high school. It operated with two shafts and a slope, and later had a separate washery. It was built in July 1890. Culm from the piles is mixed with water pumped from the lower levels of the mines to help flush the upper level chambers and gangways to prevent cave in's under the downtown area.

Little is known about both of the Jermyn Collieries other than what equipment was added or when new slopes or internal shafts were sunk.

No photos have been found for these structures. Records for the Jermyn No1 and No2 after 1910 are combined under one listing.

Between 1890 and 1907, the Jermyn No 2 produced 2,670,543 tons of coal.

In 1906 the Jermyn Collieries are sold to the Erie, and all operations at the Jermyn collieries closed in 1938.

 

 

This breaker is still being researched.

 

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