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February 19, 2007
7:22 AM

James

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blast1 said:
I just shot one like it in Illinois 2 weeks ago. They are a technical marvel for their size. They were very productive for the era they were used. Modern "shovels" are much different. They're mostly hydraulic.

Did you take any pictures?

February 16, 2007
11:14 AM

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I just shot one like it in Illinois 2 weeks ago. They are a technical marvel for their size. They were very productive for the era they were used. Modern "shovels" are much different. They're mostly hydraulic.

February 13, 2007
2:42 PM

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I heard in the report that one museum's attendence is 40K since that put one of the shovels on display.

February 13, 2007
10:02 AM

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The article says that they are going to put the bucket in the mining museum, so people can stand in the bucket and imagine how big the shovel was. Not the same thing as having the awesome shovel right there, but it's worth something.

February 13, 2007
5:02 AM

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The just don't build anything like the used to. Only 200' from it's planned retirement too. I have never seen one up close, but they look like an awesome machine.

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