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David Hope's
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Marion 5960 Shovel.
125-yd. Capacity dipper.
Erected in 1969 at Peabody Coal Co's,
River Queen Mine, Greenville,KY.
Named "The Big Digger"
Through 1978 it moved 240,000,000 cubic yards of
earth, and in 1982 set a record for best operating time in coal industry.
It operated almost 20 years, has since been scrapped |
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Marion 5761 Shovel.
Peabody coal Co's. Gibraltar Mine.
Central City, Ky. |
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