Big muskie and the captain classic construction models. I first leaned about big muskie in a book called giant earth moving equipment. 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. A dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining. Largest dragline in the world biggest dragline ever built. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park mcconnelsville. Fully functional dragline and clamshell scale models from sennebogen, liebherr, menk and koehring. Contentsshow history the earliest machines were steam powered and were the first mechanical excavators used by man, in the 1800s. Bucyruserie 54b crawler crane dragline shovel parts catalog manual book. 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.
The largest walking dragline excavator in the world youtube. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline excavator owned by the central ohio coal. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park, mcconnelsville, ohio. The big muskie was technically a walking dragline but looked like a gigantic crane. Jul 14, 2001 2this book has many photos and some drawings. 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 is a model 4250w bucyruserie dragline the only one ever built. From the panama canal to the largest dragline ever built big muskie. Big muskie is a much larger version of the bucyrus erie 4250 series of draglines. A little history in the mid 1960s central ohio coals muskingum mine found itself in need of new equipment to keep pace with an increasing need for coal.
Most crawler cranes, with an added winch drum on the front, can act as a dragline. The big muskie was a model bucyruserie dragline the only one of this model ever built. 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. In its 22 years of service, it removed twice the amount of earth moved during the original construction of the panama canal. Big muskies 220cubicyard 170 m 3 bucket is currently sitting outside mcconnellsville, ohio in a small park dedicated to coal mining. Bob was also disappointed to hear about the big muskie demolition in 1999. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. A variation of the same basic machine is the front shovel excavator also used in civil engineering and mining projects. The big muskie dragline excavator holds the record for largest dragline in the world. Big muskie s 220cubicyard 170 m 3 bucket is currently sitting outside mcconnellsville, ohio in a small park dedicated to coal mining.
Bucyrus erie 2570w walking dragline big kate megamachine. It is about models and some other interesting stuff so stop by and take a look. 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. Construction of big muskie began in 1967 and started operationg in 1969. 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. Details have been moved to steam shovel, replacing the information about big muskie which is a dragline. Like me, bob grew up watching the big muskie walking across the hills of southeastern ohio.
This is partially due to the size of the machine but in. With an estimated weight of 15,000 tons,600 tonnes, this machine still holds the record as the heaviest mobile land machine ever built. The largest dragline in the world took 300 rail cars and over 250. Cranes, shovels, hydraulic excavators, prototypes and of course draglines and the big mining shovels are pictured, including big muskie.
I dont have the details yet, but i have heard some rumblings about the incident. Big muskie in miners memorial park with photos then and now. Big muskie tshirt design ideas custom big muskie shirts. The strip mine a super site by dave hopper, featuring big muskie, silver spade, and other draglines and shovels. Scale diecast dragline and clams by emd, conrad, nzg and ros. See more ideas about heavy equipment, earth moving equipment and crawler crane. 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.
Big muskie clocks in second tipping the scales at a massive 27 million pounds. At 5 feet long, this replica of the big muskie is one of the most detailed mining models ever built at 1. In 1976, big muskie removed 8,000 yards of overburden for the coal company per operating hour. Ccm brass bucyruserie 4250w walking dragline big muskie 150 pieces limited 187. Luminant completes industryleading dragline relocation project duration.
Shut down in 1991, big muskie was finally dismantled for. Big muskie was once the worlds largest earth moving machine. A specially reinforced concrete launching pad was built and production of the muskie commenced. 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. What remains today is a monstrous metal bucket, vaguely resembling a robot dog head. May 09, 2010 a slightly closer crop on the two cabs and the machine house. The big muskie bucket looking south at miners memorial park, west of caldwell, ohio, may 20 eric gundersoncc by sa 3.
Finally, on may 22, 1969, the 4250w was dedicated and given the name big muskie. 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. Apr 24, 2011 tub pullout big muskie big muskie was the largest dragline ever built, with a 168m3 bucket. The big muskie was a model 4250w dragline and was the only one ever built by the bucyruserie. Classic construction models, a licensee of caterpillar inc. But everybody in town knew something really important was being built at be.
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. Dragline excavators are heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining projects. The bucket sits on a rise, overlooking the beautiful valley that it once mined and destroyed, which has been renamed recreation land. Bucyruserie, rustonbucyrus, komatsubucyrus scale models. The big muskie was a model 4250w bucyruserie dragline the only one ever built. Mar 17, 2020 the big muskie was technically a walking dragline but looked like a gigantic crane. They have it nicely landscaped with a staircase so you can get into it. The legendary machines of this company are now being brought to life in miniature by emd engineering model developments. Cable jointing the worlds largest walking mining dragline by. Special thanks to bob brown for reaching out and sharing some of the photos he has of the big muskie from his childhood. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline owned by the central ohio coal company weighing 12700 tonnes and standing nearly 22 stories tall. The company was a major supplier of steam shovels for the construction of the panama canal.
Everyone there was taking pictures of their companions in or in front of it. The company also built the two crawlertransporters used. Maybe big muskie as an operating model would not make much sense on a model railroad versus a mining diorama. Mike has recently been splicing high voltage cable originally made for the big muskie dragline. With a 220 cubic yards 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest.
With a 220 cubic yard bucket, she is the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created. 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. See more ideas about bucyrus erie, mining equipment and walking. The largest walking dragline ever built big muskie. 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. Built in 1969, big muskie could move 39 million pounds of. Several choices were available to them, they could build several small machines to uncover the coal, or they could build one large machine. Big muskie worlds largest dragline ohio dec 1970 by bill greene 21 big muskie worlds largest dragline. The story of big muskie in 1966, an exciting project started at the factories of the bucyrus erie co. After 2 years and more than 200,000 man hours later, muskie was finally complete. As some of you know the muskie is starting to be cut up. A slightly closer crop on the two cabs and the machine house. 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.
Caverns yawn as big muskie bites originally published. Big muskie was the largest dragline ever built, with a 168m3 bucket. This mining cable was made for the big muskie dragline that was in ohio. With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket. 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. With a 220 cubic yard bucket at 22 stories high she was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created by ricky cates.
The big muskie was a model 4250w dragline and was the only one ever built by the. Compare the pictures of gem with the pictures in steam shovel. Mar 17, 2020 i first leaned about big muskie in a book called giant earth moving equipment. 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. 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.
Multi panel canvas decor, big muskie print art, fisherman gift, country home fishing, house decoration, man cave gift freshwater fishing set amyzingcanvasart 4. Marions huge power shovel models eventually culminated in the worlds largest. This was the worlds largest dragline during its existence and, at 14,000 tons, one of the worlds two largest land. It did undergo an incident where it almost slid into the pit. 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. Bucyrus also had divisions in other countries including rustonbucyrus in the united kingdom and komatsubucyrus in japan. Cable jointing the worlds largest walking mining dragline. They took it out of service a few decades ago, and all thats left is the big bucket. The 6360 at the captain mine, illinois, operated with a 180 cubic yard 8 cubic meter dipper. Today, the bucket is all that is left from the dismantled dragline excavator.
New items are arriving on a regular basis and we will continue to fill orders. Big muskie aeps goliath dragline bucket one of my favorite pastimes as a teens was to to go fishing at ohio power lakes. 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. Giant mining equipment such as stripping shovels and walking dragline shovels. 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.
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