In 1950 a fire destroyed the tipple and the briquetting plant.
In 1920, this was the largest coal tipple in the world.
At some facilities, each car was tipped over manuallythus the name, tipple.
Many tipples had simple screening equipment to sort coal pieces by size before loading.
At some mines the conveyor loading facility is still referred to as a tipple.
Loaded coal cars filled with mined coal were moved to a rotary car dumper at the south end of the tipple.
Then fire destroyed the tipple in 1949, and another serious fire the next year burned more equipment.
The new tipple was built more durably of concrete and steel.
