Caption

West Mineral, Kansas, The main hoist in Big Brutus, the world's largest electric shovel. The machine was built by Bucyrus-Erie for the Pittsburg and Midway coal mining company. It ran 24 hours a day from 1963 to 1974. It is now a tourist attraction

Date

Aug 12, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK24I04_253

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,3Mb (6,4Mb) / 19,2in x 12,8in / 5760 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

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