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S17.08.013Description
A recently operated coal strip mine that had been regraded, but not yet seeded for reclamation in Muskingum County, Ohio. The Big Muskie dragline owned by the Ohio Power Company can be seen in the background. The image was made by Michael C. Hansen in 1978. Location approximate to township.
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
View of excavator crane from a distance. Open mine pit in Muskingum County, Ohio.