Big Brutus
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Big Brutus is the nickname of the Bucyrus-Erie model 1850-B electric power shovel, which was the second largest of its type in operation in the 1960s and 1970s. Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mini
Big Brutus in 2014
Big Brutus fact sheet
Note cars by track for scale
Marion Power Shovel Company
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Marion Power Shovel Company was an American firm that designed, manufactured and sold steam shovels, power shovels, blast hole drills, excavators, and dragline excavators for use in the construction a
Big Brutus
…Excavator Marion Power Shovel Power shovel – Bucket-equipped machine used for digging and loading earth…
Marion Model 91, Culebra Cut, Panama Canal
One of two crawler-transporters built by Marion and used by NASA for transporting rockets
This Marion Model 91 shovel on display in Le Roy, New York is the only example known to exist. This shovel is included on the National Register of Historic Places.