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S17.03.005Description
Big Muskie dragline removing overburden at a coal strip mine operation in Muskingum County, Ohio. The image was made by Michael C. Hansen in March 1975.
Big Muskie was dedicated on May 22, 1969, at a ceremony held in northern Morgan County near Renrock, Ohio. At the time, it was described as the world's largest mobile land machine and the biggest walking dragline ever built. It could remove 325 tons of earth and rock a minute. Big Muskie was operated by the Ohio Power Company and its parent firm American Electric Power Company. It operated in Ohio from 1969 to 1991.
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This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Dragline excavator seen from a distance at open mine pit. Big Muskie at coal strip operation in Muskingum County, Ohio.