The legendary bucyruserie company is known around the world. New items are arriving on a regular basis and we will continue to fill orders. The big muskie was a model bucyruserie dragline the only one of this model ever built. After 2 years and more than 200,000 man hours later, muskie was finally complete. Jun 01, 2012 big muskie aeps goliath dragline bucket one of my favorite pastimes as a teens was to to go fishing at ohio power lakes. The 6360 at the captain mine, illinois, operated with a 180 cubic yard 8 cubic meter dipper. Mar 17, 2020 the big muskie was technically a walking dragline but looked like a gigantic crane. This mining cable was made for the big muskie dragline that was in ohio. Big muskie and the captain classic construction models.
The legendary machines of this company are now being brought to life in miniature by emd engineering model developments. Giant mining equipment such as stripping shovels and walking dragline shovels. It is about models and some other interesting stuff so stop by and take a look. Bucyrus also had divisions in other countries including rustonbucyrus in the united kingdom and komatsubucyrus in japan. Marions huge power shovel models eventually culminated in the worlds largest. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park mcconnelsville. May 09, 2010 a slightly closer crop on the two cabs and the machine house. In 1976, big muskie removed 8,000 yards of overburden for the coal company per operating hour. I dont have the details yet, but i have heard some rumblings about the incident. Big muskie was the largest dragline ever built, with a 168m3 bucket. The strip mine a super site by dave hopper, featuring big muskie, silver spade, and other draglines and shovels. Dragline excavators are heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining projects.
The largest piece of dragline equipment was located in eastern ohio and was known as big muskie, named after the muskingum river that passes through morgan and muskingum counties. Luminant completes industryleading dragline relocation project duration. With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of the worlds largest mobile earthmoving machines alongside the illinoisbased marion 6360 stripping shovel called the captain and the german bucket wheel excavators of the bagger 288 and bagger 293 family. Big muskie was a coal mining model 4250w bucyruseric walking dragline excavator owned by the central ohio coal company, formerly a. The largest walking dragline ever built big muskie. Bob was also disappointed to hear about the big muskie demolition in 1999. Big muskies 220cubicyard 170 m 3 bucket is currently sitting outside mcconnellsville, ohio in a small park dedicated to coal mining. Big muskie tshirt design ideas custom big muskie shirts. Everyone there was taking pictures of their companions in or in front of it. Big muskie was once the worlds largest earth moving machine. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park, mcconnelsville, ohio. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that.
A specially reinforced concrete launching pad was built and production of the muskie commenced. What remains today is a monstrous metal bucket, vaguely resembling a robot dog head. Big muskie aeps goliath dragline bucket one of my favorite pastimes as a teens was to to go fishing at ohio power lakes. Mike has recently been splicing high voltage cable originally made for the big muskie dragline. Construction of big muskie began in 1967 and started operationg in 1969.
Apr 24, 2011 tub pullout big muskie big muskie was the largest dragline ever built, with a 168m3 bucket. The company also built the two crawlertransporters used. The company was a major supplier of steam shovels for the construction of the panama canal. Ccm brass bucyruserie 4250w walking dragline big muskie 150 pieces limited 187. This is partially due to the size of the machine but in large it is tribute to the extra effort put forth to recreate all of the hidden details of this incredible machine. See more ideas about heavy equipment, earth moving equipment and crawler crane.
The bucket sits on a rise, overlooking the beautiful valley that it once mined and destroyed, which has been renamed recreation land. Scale diecast dragline and clams by emd, conrad, nzg and ros. A slightly closer crop on the two cabs and the machine house. Cranes, shovels, hydraulic excavators, prototypes and of course draglines and the big mining shovels are pictured, including big muskie. A dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining. A variation of the same basic machine is the front shovel excavator also used in civil engineering and mining projects. At 5 feet long, this replica of the big muskie is one of the most detailed mining models ever built at 1. Mar 17, 2020 i first leaned about big muskie in a book called giant earth moving equipment.
The coal mining dragline known as big muskie, owned by the central ohio coal company a division of american electric power, was the worlds largest mobile earthmoving machine, weighing nearly,000 tonnes and standing nearly 22 stories tall. Classic construction models, a licensee of caterpillar inc. Well, its been a while since an update, but it was an important time of change. The big muskie was a model 4250w dragline and was the only one ever built by the bucyruserie. This is partially due to the size of the machine but in. From the panama canal to the largest dragline ever built big muskie. Jul 14, 2001 2this book has many photos and some drawings. What is going on here is that many caterpillar scrapersmore pieces of heavy equipment being used to drag the rotary base out from under big muskie for maintenance. Big muskie removed over 608,000,000 cubic yards 465,000,000 m3 of overburden, which is twice as much earth as was moved during the construction of the panama canal, uncovering over 20,000,000 tonnes 2.
This was the worlds largest dragline during its existence and, at 14,000 tons, one of the worlds two largest land. Custom tshirts for big muskie meet at big muskie by tank the end of the riding season was just about here, so many of us met at big muskie in southeastern ohio and went on a short ride to get lunch. Map to recommended offbeat attractions, and road trip sights museums, monuments, tourist traps, folk art, pet cemeteries. The largest walking dragline excavator in the world youtube. Finally, on may 22, 1969, the 4250w was dedicated and given the name big muskie. But everybody in town knew something really important was being built at be. Largest dragline in the world biggest dragline ever built. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline excavator owned by the central ohio coal company formerly a division of american electric power, weighing,500 short tons 12,200 t and standing nearly 22 stories tall. The big muskie bucket looking south at miners memorial park, west of caldwell, ohio, may 20 eric gundersoncc by sa 3. The size of this largest dragline shovel in history was too much to visualize, so i made a point to visit the resting place of its bucket near mcconnelsville, oh. With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket. Bucyruserie 54b crawler crane dragline shovel parts catalog manual book.
Bucyruserie, rustonbucyrus, komatsubucyrus scale models. With a 220 cubic yards 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest. With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of the worlds largest mobile earthmoving machines alongside the illinoisbased marion 6360 stripping shovel called the captain and the german bucket. Caverns yawn as big muskie bites originally published. The big muskie is a model 4250w bucyruserie dragline the only one ever built. Aug 05, 2008 the whole town knew about this shovel although i do not think it was named big muskie at the time, at least not that i heard. Big muskie in miners memorial park with photos then and now. The big muskie was technically a walking dragline but looked like a gigantic crane. Several choices were available to them, they could build several small machines to uncover the coal, or they could build one large machine. With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of the worlds largest mobile earthmoving machines alongside the illinoisbased marion 6360 stripping shovel called the captain and the german bucket wheel excavators of the bagger. In its 22 years of service, it removed twice the amount of earth moved during the original construction of the panama canal. As some of you know the muskie is starting to be cut up. See, the dragline was best at clearing the dirt off of high sulfur coal and that coal was all but banned under the clean air act, rendering its career over.
Most crawler cranes, with an added winch drum on the front, can act as a dragline. Compare the pictures of gem with the pictures in steam shovel. Maybe big muskie as an operating model would not make much sense on a model railroad versus a mining diorama. With a 220 cubic yard bucket, she is the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created. Another site dealing with the big boys, he has many pictures check him out.
Shut down in 1991, big muskie was finally dismantled for. Introduced in the late 1960s, big muskie performed its duty in a near continuous fashion for more than two decades before the clean air act cuts is massive legs out from under it. See more ideas about bucyrus erie, mining equipment and walking. Multi panel canvas decor, big muskie print art, fisherman gift, country home fishing, house decoration, man cave gift freshwater fishing set amyzingcanvasart 4. Big muskie is a much larger version of the bucyrus erie 4250 series of draglines. Built in 1969, big muskie could move 39 million pounds of. With an estimated weight of 15,000 tons,600 tonnes, this machine still holds the record as the heaviest mobile land machine ever built. With a 220cubicyard 170 m 3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of the worlds largest mobile earthmoving machines alongside the ohiobased marion 6360 stripping shovel called the captain and the german bucket wheel.
Fully functional dragline and clamshell scale models from sennebogen, liebherr, menk and koehring. The whole town knew about this shovel although i do not think it was named big muskie at the time, at least not that i heard. Bucyrus erie 2570w walking dragline big kate megamachine. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline owned by the central ohio coal company weighing 12700 tonnes and standing nearly 22 stories tall. It did undergo an incident where it almost slid into the pit. Big muskie worlds largest dragline ohio dec 1970 by bill greene 21 big muskie worlds largest dragline. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline excavator owned by the central ohio coal. The big muskie was a model 4250w dragline and was the only one ever built by the. We must have been a couple of miles away when i first caught glimpse of big muskie, the worlds largest dragline, a machine designed to remove soil from the pit in front of it.
The big muskie dragline excavator holds the record for largest dragline in the world. Big muskie dragline slides and prints taken in 1970 by my uncle leonard lucas while doing some work on the hydraulics on the worlds biggest dragline excavator. Big muskie clocks in second tipping the scales at a massive 27 million pounds. Big muskie bucket mcconnelsville, ohio atlas obscura. Details have been moved to steam shovel, replacing the information about big muskie which is a dragline. They took it out of service a few decades ago, and all thats left is the big bucket. The big muskie was a model 4250w bucyruserie dragline the only one ever built. Cable jointing the worlds largest walking mining dragline by. With a 220 cubic yard bucket at 22 stories high she was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created by ricky cates. I first leaned about big muskie in a book called giant earth moving equipment. The story of big muskie in 1966, an exciting project started at the factories of the bucyrus erie co. Big muskie s 220cubicyard 170 m 3 bucket is currently sitting outside mcconnellsville, ohio in a small park dedicated to coal mining. The largest dragline in the world took 300 rail cars and over 250.
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