Big Muskie
Big Muskie was a coal mining Bucyrus-Erie dragline excavator 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 operated in the U.S. state of Ohio from 1969 to 1991.
| 4250-W "Big Muskie" | |
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Big Muskie prior to demolition in Ohio, February 1999. | |
| Type | Dragline excavator |
| Manufacturer | Bucyrus-Erie |
| Production | 1969 |
| Length | 148 m (487 ft) |
| Width | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Height | 68 m (222 ft) |
| Weight | 12,247 t (27,000,000 lb) |
| Propulsion | 2x hydraulically driven walker feet |
| Gross power | 18.04 megawatts of electricity supplied via trailing cable, total 13,800 volts of electrical power |
| Speed | 0.1 mph or 0.16 km/h |
| Blade capacity | 220 cubic yards (168.2 m3) or 325 short tons (295 t) |
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