Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of intersection with State Route 0901, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA
Summary
Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by coal companies to modernize and centralize processing operations during the early decades of the twentieth century. The history of the Locust Summit operation relates the effect of centralization on labor relations, local economies, and the coal industry itself. An examination of the breaker and its associated buildings, structures, and land features illustrates the engineering and technological advances incorporated in the planning and construction of this coal processing complex.
Survey number: HAER PA-203
Building/structure dates: 1929-1930 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
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