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Big Brutus is the world's largest electric shovel. It stands 16 stories high amid the fields of rural southeast Kansas. The coal strip mine it helped clear of rock and dirt has long been shut down, and Brutus has been turned into a museum.
Big Brutus as it appeared in 1982 near West Mineral, Kansas Heavy
In the middle of the old coal-mining prairies of southeast Kansas sits a mechanical wonder, the world's largest electric-powered shovel in existence, Big Bru.
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Technically a Bucyrus-Erie Model 1850B electric dragline shovel, Big Brutus was built in 1962 (at a cost of $6.5 million, or about $51.6 million in today's dollars) for the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company's strip-mining operation in West Mineral, Kansas.
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Boccia said he was there when Big Brutus was purchased from the Bucyrus Eric company of Milwaukee in 1962 for $6.2 million and shipped to Kansas by rail car. "It came in on well over 100 cars.
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Big Brutus near West Mineral, Kansas was the world's second largest electric mining shovel when it was in operation in from 1962 to 1974. Now it is a tourist attraction. Big Brutus is 160 feet tall and weights 11 million pounds.
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Big Brutus Address: 6509 NW 60th St., West Mineral, KS Directions: Six miles west of the junction of Hwys 7 and 102, then a half-mile south. Hours: Daily 9-5; Closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas day (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access. Phone: 620-827-6177 Admission: Admission RA Rates:
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Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mining. Made a day trip over to West Mineral, Kansas to check out Big Brutus again. This time we brought the video camera.
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Big Brutus The newspapers called it a coal monster, and a monster it was. Dubbed "Big Brutus," the enormous power shovel towered 15 stories high and weighed 11 million pounds. Purchased in 1962 from the Bucyrus-Erie Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The machine's cost was $6.5 million.
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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) [1] down to unearth relatively shallow coal seams, which would themselves be mined with smaller equipment. Description
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Big Brutus Big Brutus 99 reviews #1 of 1 things to do in West Mineral Speciality Museums Write a review What people are saying " Worth the trip! " Jul 2023 Spent a couple hours exploring the equipment on site and touring the small museum. By Sue F " Worth a stop. Big Brutus is amazing. " Jun 2022
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Big Brutus is the largest electric mining shovel still standing in the United States. The behemoth machine is located in West Mineral, Kansas. About 135 miles southeast of Wichita and 26.
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Welcome to a giant towering over Kansas, known as Big Brutus. If you haven't seen him in person before, we promise it's even larger than you're thinking as you look at this image. 785Crew/Google
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Big Brutus is the world's largest electric shovel. It stands 16 stories high amid the fields of rural southeast Kansas. The coal strip mine it helped clear of rock and dirt has long been.
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West Mineral, Kansas, United States--Big Brutus, the nickname of the Bucyrus-Erie model 1850-B electric shovel, is the centerpiece of a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas, United States; constructed in 1962 by the Bucyrus Erie company for the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company, Big Brutus is 160 feet tall and weights 11 million pounds; with its 90-cubic yard shovel, could move 150 tons.