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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