And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
A Bucyrus Erie 1300 Walking Dragline, Knob Mine, a former coal mine west of Warrior, Alabama
When I was a young boy my father took the family to see one of its siblings in Missouri. When you see it in person it is hard to believe the thing can move...
A few years ago, while staying at a motel in Central, Texas, I spoke for a few minutes with some mechanics for a large equipment company. They were in the process of assembling a huge dragline for a mine. I asked how long it would work, and would they eventually disassemble it. The answer was it would work for a few years, and when the mine was depleted, the machine would be abandoned in place.
Almost all the dragline in the US were made by either the Bucyrus Dragline Co. or the Marion Dragline Co.. They are only 20 miles apart in northeast Ohio. Nowadays both companies are owned by Caterpillar.
Back in the 70's, Ohio discovered that it did not own the land under I-70 in east Ohio. A coal company did, and they shut I-70 down for a day so they could move their dragline across the interstate from one part of the coal mine to the other.
The Barn Find that is a barn.
ReplyDeletewe need to put that thing back to work
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a young boy my father took the family to see one of its siblings in Missouri. When you see it in person it is hard to believe the thing can move...
ReplyDeleteThat would make an interesting bed and breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI like your thinking,
DeleteBiggest dragline I’ve ever seen was at Freedom Mine in Beulah ND. The teeth on the bucket were as big as a VW bug…
ReplyDeleteA few years ago, while staying at a motel in Central, Texas, I spoke for a few minutes with some mechanics for a large equipment company. They were in the process of assembling a huge dragline for a mine. I asked how long it would work, and would they eventually disassemble it. The answer was it would work for a few years, and when the mine was depleted, the machine would be abandoned in place.
ReplyDeleteAlmost all the dragline in the US were made by either the Bucyrus Dragline Co. or the Marion Dragline Co.. They are only 20 miles apart in northeast Ohio. Nowadays both companies are owned by Caterpillar.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 70's, Ohio discovered that it did not own the land under I-70 in east Ohio. A coal company did, and they shut I-70 down for a day so they could move their dragline across the interstate from one part of the coal mine to the other.
Manitowoc as well.
DeleteBoom up!, burning daylight, get the rag out of your ass and get to work!
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