Big Muskie
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Big Muskie was a dragline excavator built by Bucyrus-Erie and owned by the Central Ohio Coal Company, weighing 13,500 short tons and standing 22 stories tall. It mined coal in the U.S. state of Ohio f
Big Muskie in February 1999
Big Muskie near Chandlersville, Ohio, July 1974
Big Muskie near Freeland, Ohio, October 1973
The Big Muskie Bucket (looking south) at Miners' Memorial Park, Bristol, Ohio (about 17 miles west of Caldwell), May 2013
The Silver Spade
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The Silver Spade was a giant power shovel used for strip mining in southeastern Ohio. Manufactured by Bucyrus-Erie, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Silver Spade was one of two model 1950-B shovels bui
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…Marion 6360 – another giant power shovel The Silver Spade – another large coal mining machine from Ohio Little Mountain…
The Silver Spade working near Cadiz, Ohio, in July, 1974
Bucket and cab of The Silver Spade at Harrison Coal and Reclamation Park on Stumptown Road.