Big Muskie
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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.
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Big Muskie in February 1999 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | 4250-W Big Muskie (1969-1999) |
Builders | Bucyrus-Erie |
Operators | United States |
Cost | US$25 million (1969) |
In service | 1969-1991 |
Planned | 1 |
Completed | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | Big Muskie |
Builder | Bucyrus-Erie |
Laid down | 1967 |
Launched | 1969 |
Christened | 1969 |
Commissioned | 1969 |
Fate |
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Notes | Largest walking dragline ever built |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Model 4250-W-series Dragline excavator |
Tonnage | 12,247 t (13,500 short tons) |
Length | 148 m (487 ft) |
Beam | 46 m (151 ft) |
Height | 68 m (222 ft) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2x hydraulically driven walker feet |
Speed | 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph) |
Capacity | Blade capacity: 220 cubic yards (168.2 m3) or 325 short tons (295 t) |
Complement | 5[1] |
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