neighbors house

larry@stinescorner · Feb 6, 2010

this is what my neighbor in P.A. uses to keep warm It is piled under her porch.

JayinNY · Feb 6, 2010

Coal! my wifes grandmothers husband worked in the PA coal mines!

Anonymous-0 · Feb 6, 2010

Would he by any chance be her Grandfather?

That is the second photo recently where the road goes through the lounge room.

johndeereman · Feb 7, 2010

i burn coal im also in pa i got 2 self feeder stoves called stokers ill get through this cold winter for less than $800 to keep my house 73 degrees both story;s plus a little heat in the garage same kind of heat with wood but cheaper if you have to buy wood and tons easier

Anonymous-0 · Feb 7, 2010

Driveway has a double yellow center line?

Jim in Ma. · Feb 7, 2010

My wife's brother just retired from the coal mines in the Johnstown area.

El Toro · Feb 7, 2010

We used coal back in the 1940's & 50's. We had radiators and it was a 3-story house and it was warm as toast on the coldest days. When I was in the Army back in the 1950's they were looking for volunteers to fire the furnaces for
Bird Colonels & General officers. You didn't need to pull guard duty or any other company duty. We worked 24 on and 24 off. I would bank the fire around 10:30pm and then go home to bed. I did that when I was living at home. I would get up around 4:30am and go in & crank up the heat. I would take out any ashes & sweep up any fallen ashes. We even received additional pay every month. The Generals had stokers in their homes. Hal

SJ · Feb 7, 2010

I burn about 9 ton a day!! LOL at work.

I should get some pics for you guys.Are boilers are 62 years old,been updated with new Detroit stokers though last 20-30 years.We load it into a hoisted 1/2 ton hopper with a John Deere skid steer(70s model).Still pull ashes with 12ft shovel,bout 4 wheelbarrows a shift average.Paper mills been running since 1906,family owned.

Stan

Ric Ks. · Feb 7, 2010

Put a new road thru hare las yar. Had t muv da out howz t akomadate.
Las week Gampa had ta go in da nite.
Most had hart tack when Spotlit by a kar whilst tinklin.
Fergot Outhowz tis ta udder way now.

buickanddeere · Feb 7, 2010

Outdoor plumbing?

bc · Feb 7, 2010

That's about a half days work.

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

maplehillfrm · Feb 7, 2010

(quoted from post at 13:54:17 02/07/10) My wife's brother just retired from the coal mines in the Johnstown area.

I wonder if he knows the Polks? or vancavish,, my gramma, [still alive -93] was raised down there and my granddad[I never met him] was a coalminer tghere for a while before they migrated to ny,, I believe my grammas brother is john polk,,

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