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Most were built between the 1950s and the 1970s. The world's first giant stripping shovel for the coal fields was the Marion 5760. Unofficially known to its crew and eastern Ohio residents alike as The Mountaineer, [5] it was erected in 1955/56 near Cadiz, Ohio off of Interstate I-70.
A list of ultra-heavy giant stripping shovels. Extremely large power shovels used to dig up overburden and resources. Pages in category "Stripping shovels"
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 built, the other being its sister ship, the GEM of Egypt. Its sole function was to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. Attempts ...
In April 1946, the company changed its name to the Marion Power Shovel Company to more closely reflect its products. [6]Marion built its first walking dragline in 1939 and became a key player in providing giant stripping shovels to the coal industry, being the first to put a long-boom revolving stripping shovel to work in North America in 1911.
Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas, United States, where it was used in coal strip mining operations. The shovel was designed to dig from 20 to 69 feet (6.1 to 21.0 m) [2] down to unearth relatively shallow coal seams, which would then be mined with smaller equipment.
The shovel was designed for strip mining at the Egypt Valley coalfield near Barnesville, Ohio. GEM is an acronym for “Giant Earth Mover” or “Giant Excavating Machine”. [ 2 ] It was one of only two Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B shovels built (the other being The Silver Spade ) and one of two to use the knee-action crowd licensed from Marion Power ...
Nearly 70 million Americans rely on Social Security for monthly income. The vast majority, about 65 million, collect Social Security benefits. Another 4.5 million receive Supplemental Security ...
Marion 6360, known as "the Captain", was a giant power shovel built by the Marion Power Shovel company. Completed and commissioned on October 15 1965, [1] it was one of the largest land vehicles ever built, [2] exceeded only by some dragline and bucket-wheel excavators.