Cayuga Breaker
Photographer/Illustrator | Year | Repository |
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Bunnell | 1905 | Syracuse University Library |
Year | Month | Day | Comments |
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1868 | May | - | Start of mine construction |
1869 | - | - | The accounts of the Lackawanna Railroad Coal Department record $70,792 spent on construction work this year |
1870 | Jul | 12th | Start of production according to the Lackawanna Railroad's records, but an eyewitness newspaper report states that the machinery was first started on the previous Wednesday July 6th |
1870 | - | - | The breaker was described in the Scranton Republican as follows : 'it is most massive and durable in every particular and is strengthened in every possible manner by bracing and cross-timbering' |
1870 | - | - | The masonry for the breaker was built by contractor John McAndrew and the breaker itself was built by Mr. Kingsley the Company's carpenter and his men |
1870 | - | - | It had a capacity of 1000 tons a day and was judged to be for its time 'the most complete breaker in the state, having all the improvements and appliances produced by experience and invention' |
1870 | - | - | The shaft was 368 ft deep and together with the breaker was located at the western end of the property |
Year | Current Name | Tonnage Mined | Tonnage Shipped | Employees | Days Worked | Operator |
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1872 | Cayuga Shaft | 93615 | - | 228 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1873 | Cayuga Shaft | 124117 | - | 251 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1874 | Cayuga Shaft | 123358 | - | 266 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1875 | Cayuga Shaft | 137784 | - | 274 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1876 | Cayuga Shaft | 96076 | 93539 | 264 | 158 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1877 | Cayuga Shaft | 78840 | - | 240 | 126 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1878 | Cayuga Shaft | 98059 | - | 282 | 153.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1879 | Cayuga Shaft | 138614 | - | 277 | 258.5 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1880 | Cayuga Shaft | 95918 | - | 280 | 177.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1881 | Cayuga Shaft | 107014 | - | 292 | 210.5 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1882 | Cayuga Shaft | 109923 | - | 295 | 224 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1883 | Cayuga Shaft | 109407 | - | 282 | - | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1884 | Cayuga Shaft | 113218 | - | 350 | 173.1 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1885 | Cayuga | 169920 | 164399 | 362 | 184.9 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1886 | Cayuga | 170452 | 159772 | 369 | 178 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1887 | Cayuga Shaft | 172919 | 161226 | 418 | 204.6 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1888 | Cayuga Shaft | 194460 | 180553 | 436 | 214.7 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1889 | Cayuga | 141186 | 131057 | 433 | 134.3 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1890 | Cayuga | 38276 | 26226 | 342 | 57 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1891 | Cayuga | 137733 | 120762 | 419 | 185 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1892 | Cayuga | 200897 | 180094 | 431 | 170.7 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1893 | Cayuga | 203479 | 180146 | 467 | 96.9 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1894 | Cayuga | 197340 | 178129 | 467 | 167.7 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1895 | Cayuga | 238532 | 214755 | 537 | 196.4 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1896 | Cayuga | 222450 | 198647 | 527 | 175.4 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1897 | Cayuga | 234927 | 209137 | 522 | 181.1 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1898 | Cayuga | 238656 | 215363 | 548 | 190.6 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1899 | Cayuga | 251960 | 228579 | 584 | 205 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1900 | Cayuga | 182069 | 161392 | 574 | 136 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1901 | Cayuga | 236921 | 214209 | 611 | 177 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |
1902 | Cayuga | 182567 | 163154 | 600 | 129 | Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad |