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THE INCLINED-PLANE ELEVATOR OR AN ANTHRACITE BREAKER

When the loaded cars are brought out of the mine they drift by gravity to an inclined plane. There a "barney," attached to a cable, pushes them to the top of the breaker where the coal is dumped. Then the cable is reversed and the barney acts as a brake in returning the cars to the bottom of the incline.


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