Avondale Breaker
Avondale Breaker
| Photographer/Illustrator | Year | Repository |
|---|---|---|
| Beckwith | 1873 | F.C. Petrillo Collection |
Additional Photographs/Illustrations are listed below :
| Year (if known) | Description |
|---|---|
| 1869 | The Avondale Colliery Disaster - Ruins of the Coal Breaker |
| 1869 | The Avondale Colliery Disaster - The Heap of Bodies first found behind an Extemporized Barricade |
| 1869 | The Avondale Colliery Disaster - Bringing Bodies out of the Tunnel |
| 1869 | The Avondale Colliery Disaster - Reviving Miners after their Explorations |
| 1905 | Partial Demolition of the Second Breaker prior to Rebuilding May 6th 1905 |
| 1905 | A Later Stage in Partial Demolition of the Second Breaker prior to Rebuilding June 23rd 1905 |
| 1905 | Second Rebuilt Avondale Breaker |
View All Photographs/Illustrations in Chronological Order
Brief Chronology of Mining Developments
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Month | Day | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1866 | Sep | - | work started on shaft |
| 1867 | Aug | 22nd | first day mine operated |
| 1868 | May | 6th | regular shipments began |
| 1869 | Sep | 6th | disastrous breaker fire |
| 1869 | Sep | 6th | 110 men and boys lost their lives as a result of the breaker fire |
| 1869 | - | - | start of breaker rebuilding after fire |
| 1870 | Apr | 2nd | coal run through Avondale breaker for the first time after the fire, regular work resumed shortly afterwards |
| 1871 | Nov | - | a man afflicted with smallpox who lived near the Grand Tunnel, made a deathbed confession claiming the disaster was not an accident because he was one of six arsonists who 'fired' the breaker |
| 1897 | Mar | - | squeeze and flood |
| 1897 | Dec | - | boiler explosion |
| 1900 | May | 21st | fire discovered in adjacent old Jersey mine workings. Fire raged for five years, cost $178,925 to extinguish |
| 1902 | Mar | 1st | colliery flooded when high water on the Susquehanna entered the workings at the outcrop on the mountainside. Cost nearly $40,000 to reclaim the pumps inundated at that time. |
| 1905 | - | - | major modifications to breaker made |
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Current Name | Tonnage Mined | Tonnage Shipped | Employees | Days Worked | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Avondale | 155875 | - | 309 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1876 | Avondale Colliery | 120605 | - | 317 | 194 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1878 | Avondale | 188022 | 188022 | 388 | 245.5 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1879 | Avondale | 188512 | - | 347 | 266 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1880 | Avondale | 133188 | - | 344 | 182 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1881 | Avondale | 168991 | - | 367 | 230.25 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1882 | Avondale | 187119 | - | 376 | 221.7 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1883 | Avondale | 171467 | - | 409 | 222.1 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1884 | Avondale | 167663 | - | 420 | 181.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1885 | Avondale | 151191 | - | 450 | 181.6 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1886 | Avondale | 172011 | 128830 | 420 | 188 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1887 | Avondale Shaft | 172590 | 166169 | 455 | 201 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1888 | Avondale | 191502 | 184452 | 446 | 226.1 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1889 | Avondale | 121895 | 115499 | 442 | 133.2 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1890 | Avondale | 167049 | 146310 | 509 | 179 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1891 | Avondale | 178687 | 157910 | 504 | 169.4 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1892 | Avondale | 192502 | 171502 | 496 | 177.2 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1893 | Avondale | 177540 | 156774 | 451 | 175.8 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1894 | Avondale | 140492 | 119337 | 464 | 171.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1895 | Avondale | 133028 | 111741 | 442 | 182.9 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1896 | Avondale | 138403 | 117215 | 450 | 175 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1897 | Avondale | 84959 | 43141 | 405 | 79 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1898 | Avondale | 155669 | 117777 | 482 | 186.6 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1899 | Avondale | 169494 | 136028 | 473 | 191.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1900 | Avondale | 189393 | 153692 | 469 | 178.8 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1901 | Avondale | 213572 | 181070 | 528 | 218.1 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
| 1902 | Avondale | 85836 | 49073 | 537 | 73.5 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |