Big Brutus Electric Coal Mining Shovel. The Big Brutus Electric Mining Shovel Is Located In West Mineral, Kansas. Big Brutus Is An Bucyrus Erie Model 1850B And Is The Largest Electric Shovel In The World Standing 16 Stories Tall (160 Feet). It Weighs 11 Million Pounds, The Boom Is 150 Feet Long And The Dipper Capacity Is 90 Cu. Yards Or 150 Tons €” Enough To Fill Three Railroad Cars. Its Maximum Speed Is .22 Mph. Big Brutus Was Built In 1962 At A Cost Of $6.5 Million Dollars. This Machine Was Used To Strip Mine Coal.

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