After the collapse of the mining industry in the Wyoming Valley, the breaker was demolished in 2014. One, in particular, was built in modern-day Ashley Borough it was known as the Huber Breaker. Coal breakers were constructed throughout the region. In the following decades, coal mining became the major industry in and around Hanover Township. In the 19th century, the original township downsized when sections of it broke away to form new municipalities (e.g., townships, boroughs, and cities). The original township occupied all the land from Wilkes-Barre to Newport Township, and all the land between the Susquehanna River and the Lehigh River. Over two dozen Hanover Township residents were killed in the fight (including Captain Lazarus Stewart). On July 3, 1778, British and Native American forces massacred American settlers in present-day Exeter. Native American raids were very common in the Wyoming Valley in the 18th century. In the early 1770s, Captain Lazarus Stewart built the first house in the Breslau section of the township (between Solomon Creek and the Susquehanna River). The community was named after Lazarus Stewart's hometown of Hanover in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For their service to Connecticut, Captain Stewart and his followers were granted a tract of land which became Hanover Township. Captain Lazarus Stewart and dozens of his followers moved from Lancaster County into the Wyoming Valley in 1770 they fought for Connecticut in the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. Hanover Township was one of the original townships laid out by the Susquehanna Company of Connecticut.

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