Big Muskie
Big Muskie was a dragline excavator built by Bucyrus-Erie and owned by the Central Ohio Coal Company (formerly a division of American Electric Power), weighing 13,500 short tons (12,200 t) and standing nearly 22 stories tall. It mined coal in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1969 to 1991. It was dismantled and sold for scrap in 1999.
| 4250-W "Big Muskie" | |
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Big Muskie in February 1999 | |
| Type | Dragline excavator |
| Manufacturer | Bucyrus-Erie |
| Production | 1969 |
| Length | 487 ft (148 m) |
| Width | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Height | 222 ft (68 m) |
| Weight | 13,500 short tons (12,247 t) |
| Propulsion | 2x hydraulically driven walker feet |
| Gross power | 18.04 megawatts of electricity supplied via trailing cable, total 13,800 volts of electrical power |
| Speed | 0.1 miles per hour (0.16 km/h) |
| Blade capacity | 220 cubic yards (168.2 m3) or 325 short tons (295 t) |
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