Efforts to preserve the big muskie as an historical museum and tourist attraction for the region have failed and she is being cut up. 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. The bucket once belonged to big muskie, the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created. Among the huge excavators, the biggest is big muskie crane.
Big muskie mega machines in the world worlds largest dragline. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline owned by the. Nov 03, 2012 dragline big muskie, american electric power co. Black thunder to operate worlds largest dragline bucket. Also called muskie and ol musky, the machine was a model 4250w bucryuserie dragline. Jun 09, 2015 worlds largest dragline excavator big muskie mega machines in the world. It was then rivalled by the big muskie, owned by the central ohio coal company. Worlds largest dragline excavator big muskie mega machines in the world. Big muskie the largest walking dragline ever built. 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. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park, mcconnelsville, ohio. It was built, but then could not be moved, so they just let it rot away.
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 sign said when it was built, it was the largest moveable machine in the world. From 19691991, it stripped overburden from the highsulfur coal beds of southern ohio. Built by bucyrus erie in 1966, big muskie is the largest walking dragline ever built. Big muskie tshirt design ideas custom big muskie shirts. With a 220 cubic yards 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. To supply the mechanisms and electric motors with energy, a cable with a voltage of more than thirteen thousand volts was used. Dragline tub push big muskie was the largest dragline ever.
The rise and fall of the two biggest draglines ever built. This video was was compiled, narrated and produced by keith. In its 22 years of service, it removed twice the amount of earth moved during the original construction of the panama canal. Back in the 70s i was a youngster we would travel to wheeling wva from central ohio along i70 and you could see big muskie and other big electric draglines stripping the overburden off in the distance. Big muskie worked from 1969 to 1991 at the central ohio coal companys muskingum mine near zanesville ohio, where it removed overburden from the coal seam. My dragline pics western kentucky heavy equipment forums. 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. Big muskie bucket, miners memorial park mcconnelsville. Bucyruserie 4250w big muskie walking dragline youtube. 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. To learn more details about her, please go to the big muskie remembering the walking giant page. Construction of big muskie began in 1967 and started operationg in 1969. Today, the bucket is all that is left from the dismantled dragline excavator.
Big muskie was built because of the demand for coal for the muskingum power plant. The big muskie, the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of. Standing 22 stories tall and weighing,500 metric tons, big muskie was the worlds largest dragline and the biggest machine that has ever walked on the face of the earth. There are several kinds of coal, but the most common type in ohio is bituminous coal, and thats what. Apr 24, 2011 tub pullout big muskie big muskie was the largest dragline ever built, with a 168m3 bucket.
I first leaned about big muskie in a book called giant earth moving equipment. This is a tribute to amyone interested in the big muskie. That said, i am starting to hear that the trout lovers in maine are not happy with the natural muskies taking over their waters and eating all of their precious 10 inch brook trout. The bucket sits on a rise, overlooking the beautiful valley that it once mined and destroyed, which has been renamed recreation land. But someone needs to write a new version and document a successful season filled with big fish with the how, why, structure, season progressionsimo. Apr 24, 20 photos of the big muskie in miners memorial park then and now.
All that remains is the giant bucket in miners memorial park. The program included extensive footage of stripmined lands, eroded hillsides, miles of highwalls, polluted runoff, closed and detoured local roads, and more especially in perry county, ohio. Big muskie was purchased by the central ohio coal company in 1966 to help meet increased demand for coal. Big muskie, the worlds largest earth moving machine, was dismantled in 1999. 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 in miners memorial park with photos then and now. Bucyruseries 4250w big muskie walking dragline, shown soon after. Dozer is not included in the schematic if you use this in your build make sure to credit me download map now. Stripping shovels and walking draglines paperback july 14, 2001 on. The largest aircraft ever built pen and sword large format aviation books rodpreht. She was as wide as an eight lane highway, and as tall at the tip of her boom as a 22 story building. Big muskie bucket mcconnelsville, ohio atlas obscura. Giant mining equipment such as stripping shovels and walking dragline shovels. Worlds largest dragline excavator big muskie mega machines.
This was the worlds largest dragline during its existence and, at 14,000 tons, one of the worlds two largest landbased mobile machines of its time. Mcconnelsville, ohio big muskie was once the worlds largest earth moving machine. Big muskie largest drag line owned by ohio coal company stripping land to access the coal. 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. 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 weighing,500 short tons 12,200 t and standing. At 5 feet long, this replica of the big muskie is one of the most detailed mining models ever built at 1. Big muskie was a coal mining bucyruserie dragline owned by the central. Caverns yawn as big muskie bites originally published. In 1976, big muskie removed 8,000 yards of overburden for the coal company per operating hour. If you wanna know which tractor are biggest in the world watch this video and if. What remains today is a monstrous metal bucket, vaguely resembling a robot dog head. With the boom down, it was almost 500 ft in length. Mar 17, 2020 big muskies bucket miners memorial park. Jan 14, 2010 just a tribute to the worlds biggest dragline crane.
Muskiefirst best muskie book general discussion muskie. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Though the largest dragline bucket in the world is no longer in use or existence, it still holds a fond place in record books and the memories of machinery enthusiasts. Big muskie was the largest ever walking dragline, and the biggest machine that ever moved on land. Shut down in 1991, big muskie was finally dismantled for scrap in 1999. Feb 28, 2003 big muskie was a walking dragline the worlds largest mobile land machine ever built and was considered one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world. At that time, it cost twentyfive million dollars, which was a huge sum. Central ohio coal big muskie dragline crane photo poster.
Aug 05, 2008 i just wondered if anyone has seen or even heard of anyone modelling big muskie dragline on a layout. The largest walking dragline ever built big muskie. 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. The size of the machine required that it be built on site. Big muskies bucket, mcconnelsville, ohio roadside america. The immense dragline machine was churning along at full production until.
With a 220cubicyard 170 m3 bucket, it was the largest singlebucket digging machine ever created and one of the. Hello today i have been building a close to scale model of the walking dragline the big muskie. Big muskie the largest walking dragline ever built youtube. Jul 14, 2001 2this book has many photos and some drawings. Watch the largest piece of earth moving equipment ever get blown apart dec 03, 2018 brian lohnes bangshift xl, xl videos 1 53,000hp, a bucket that could move 220 cubic yards of material at a time, and a career that saw a singular machine move more earth than was moved during the entire construction of the panama canal. Map to recommended offbeat attractions, and road trip sights museums, monuments, tourist traps, folk art, pet cemeteries. Advertising free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Standing 22 stories tall and weighing 500 metric tons, big muskie was the worlds largest dragline and the biggest machine that has ever. I had thought about it but thought it would look horribly wrong, since the boom would be better than 3 feet long.
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 legend among machines while in operation. The largest walking dragline ever built was called big muskie. Some mining operations of the ohio power company were shown, featuring its gigantic dragline, big muskie. The big muskie is a giant electricpowered bucyruserie dragline owned by the central ohio coal company, a division of american electric. My wife and i went down to mcconnelsville ohio on sunday and stopped at the big muskie bucket. I miss muskie fishing now that i live in new england. Dedicated to celebrating and promoting all things related to the most challenging fish of. The big muskie was a model 4250w bucyruserie dragline the only one ever built. The largest walking dragline excavator in the world marion 8050 dragline duration. Her name is big muskie and she is the biggest machine that has ever walked on the face of the earth. She dwells in the coalrich hills of southeast ohio, near the small town of cumberland. The biggest dragline in the world is the big muskie in the east but the dragline and its 225cubicyard bucket were mothballed and has since been taken down piece by piece, schaefer said.
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