The series of speed increases — later in 1955, in 1956, in 1957, in 1958, in 1959 — peaked on 31 December 1964 at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia when he reached ; he remains the world's most prolific breaker of water speed records.

The rules would halt trading on the major securities and futures exchanges in a coordinated cross-market halt if the circuit breaker is enacted.

With the contact breaker in a housing on the end of the crankshaft there was no separate jackshaft to be affected by chain or gear wear and associated backlash ..

Their churches were built on the west side of the breaker.

In 1919, Lee built a new breaker with a capacity of 1, 000 tons daily, which began operating on August 25.

The breaker, designed by Frank Davenport, an engineer from Wilkes-Barre, was destroyed by fire on January 28, 1923, the loss estimated to be $ 250, 000.

Bryce R. Blair was named superintendent, and proceeded to construct a coal breaker and a shaft, said to pass through of quicksand on its way to the coal beds below.

On July 13, 1899, the first Dodson breaker burned down, and on March 5, 1900, work began on the second breaker.

" In 1883, William Lance's old breaker was torn down and on June 30, 1883 the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. began building a new breaker.

According to the newspapers, in November 1906, the colliery began " mining on a large scale " and a " breaker ... erected which has a capacity of several hundred tons daily.

By 1873, a coal breaker stood on the site, and in 1901, the D & H dismantled the breaker.

By 1873, the Northern Coal & Iron Co. operated a breaker on the site.

However, on November 15, 1894, the first No. 3 breaker burned.

" In January 1895, the new breaker at the No. 3 was under construction, designed by Abram Shaffer ; it began operating on June 1, 1895.

" By 1916, the D & H decided to abandon the No. 3 breaker and run coal from the mine through the company's No. 5 breaker, but on the morning of December 2, the No. 3 breaker was totally destroyed by fire.

Coal from the Kingston Coal Co. No. 2 and No. 3 shafts ( both shown at the far upper right on this 1892 panoramic map ) was processed at the No. 2 breaker ( shown at the far upper left on the map ), built in 1872.

The electric shift motor, essentially a modified starter motor, proved insufficient to move the car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker ; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when new, and worsened with age.

It had no distributor either, just a contact breaker system.

The first Nottingham breaker, shown at left just before its demolition, and the second Nottingham breaker as it neared completion in 1904

Restoration of city electrical power was delayed as a circuit breaker at the Coleman Substation had exploded on January 21 just before the ice storm hit.

Channel 9 was taken more seriously for emergencies in the 1980s, whereas nowadays Channel 9 is just another breaker channel.

He rushed down to the shore with two or three of the men and they hauled the boats to safety just as the first breaker crashed down, at considerable danger to themselves.

The breaker was destroyed by fire, trapping those working in the mine below.

The breaker was destroyed by fire, trapping 108 men and boys in the mine below.

Here the worms are fed an inch of " worm chow " across the top of the bed, and an inch of castings are harvested from below by pulling a breaker bar across the large mesh screen which forms the base of the bed.

It is not unheard of to see lighting circuits wired as rings of cable ( though usually still with a breaker below the cable rating ) in DIY installations.

Visitors on the " downstairs " tour view the laundry room, steamer trunk storage area, the giant circuit breaker box, ice-makers, galley, and wine cellar below the main floor, and then ascend the three-story service staircase to the servants ' quarters ( spartan but comfortable ) at roof level, which are furnished as they were at the turn of the twentieth century.

Coal hoisted from that mine was moved across a bridge to the breaker ( coal processing plant ) built in 1887.

A fire in the mine shaft, ignited by a ventilating furnace, spread to the breaker which stood over the shaft.

At the end of 1936, the George F. Lee Coal Co. still worked both the Chauncey mine and breaker, producing 38, 712 tons of coal, but by 1940, the company was bankrupt and in receivership.

On September 6, 1869, the Avondale Mine Disaster occurred, during which a fire in the shaft, ignited by a ventilating furnace, spread to the breaker which stood over the mine shaft.

In 1914, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western operated both the mine and the breaker.

On February 9, 1935, Glen Alden Coal Co. ( successor to the DL & W ) began to dismantle and demolish the Avondale breaker and to close the mine.

In 1908, the L & W-B abandoned the second breaker and began to process coal from the Washington mine at the Nottingham breaker.

However, in August 1936, Glen Alden demolished the Nottingham breaker, part of a general consolidation of mine operations in the Wyoming Valley.

By 1914, the mine had reverted to the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. which operated a washery and breaker.

In order to develop the property by sinking a deep shaft to reach the coal seams, and building a breaker to process the coal, Lance borrowed money from Payne Pettebone, a coal mine operator.

In 1871, operation of the mine was transferred from Fuller to the Northern Coal & Iron Co., a firm owned by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. and by 1873, if not earlier, a breaker was operating at the mine.

Josiah W. Eno built a breaker at the mine in 1857, which he operated until 1861.

The Boston was unique in that the mine and the breaker were originally built about 1-1 / 4 miles apart from one another.

A railroad was built from the mine along the creek down to the first Boston breaker, located next to and east of the old Shupp Cemetery at the bottom of Boston Hill.

The Delaware & Hudson built a second breaker, this time adjacent to the mine.

In 1909, the second Boston breaker was demolished and coal from the mine processed at the Delaware & Hudson No. 5 colliery.

The new mine and breaker had a large capacity: in May 1904, the colliery broke a record, producing 77, 383 tons of coal.