The Big Muskie - World's Largest Dragline
Remember how Big Muskie's Bucket dwarfed the automobile on
the previous page. Now take a look at how the Bucket is dwarfed
by Big Muskie. Not even surrounding hills could conceal Big
Muskie's size. The machine was big in every way and stood
tall and majestic even when seen miles in the distance. Shown
above during operation by Central Ohio Coal of American Electric
Power, the huge machine was capable of taking a 320 ton bite
of earth from one location, pivoting, and then depositing
it some 600 feet away. In other words, if the machine were
working in the closed end of the famous Horseshoe Stadium
of the Ohio State Buckeyes , it could remove dirt from that
end, swing around, and then deposit it outside the open portion
of the shoe on the opposite end. Unfortunately, the bucket
is all we have today, but that's still quite a lot! Visit
Noble County and we'll tell you how to see it. In the meantime
enjoy the photographs, review the statistics, and study it's
history. The size and mystique of this one-of-a-kind machine
is so incredible that you'll be captured forever with fascination
and disbelief.
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