(erielack) Winton breaker with EL hopper ID

["Inlinebob_@_aol.com"]

Hi,

Just wanted to clear up some info with the results of some light research. 
The EL hopper I reported derilict in Winton, PA at a site previously 
identified as the Pompey breaker is actually at the Waddell breaker. Mike 
Rushton has pics on his website.

I am not sure if the site was ever known as Pompey. The O&WHS's Scranton 
Division book shows pictures of the Waddell breaker on the site going back 
100 years. There is a shot if the current breaker. The fire occured in the 
late 1970s, though the machinery kept processing coal into the '80's.

It was served by the O&W.

The famous orange Waddell hoppers apparently lasted until the '70's at the 
nearby Northwest Breaker.

Also, for those interested, the gorge on Breaker Street at the Jessup/Winton 
town line was between the Mt. Jessup and Judge COal breakers. There were E&WV 
and DL&W lines plus mine trackage. My 1939 Erie map which shows all active 
breakers from Sugar Loaf area up past Forest City shows these as well as 
confriming the Waddell breaker.

Anyone know if the Waddell Coal Co. in Winton was the same one which had a 
bituminous operation in West Virginia?

Rob Davis

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