Big Brutus Inc
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| Address | 6509 NW 60th St, West Mineral, KS 66782, USA |
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| Height | 4900 (cm) |
| Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM |
| Gross power | ≥7,500 hp (standard), ≥15,000 hp (peak) |
| Manufacturers | Bucyrus-Erie |
| Did you know | In 1987, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated Big Brutus a Regional Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. |
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| ID | 1092326 |
About Big Brutus Inc
Big Brutus is the nickname of the Bucyrus-Erie model 1850-B electric shovel, which was the second largest of its type in operation in the 1960s and 1970s. Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas where it was used in coal strip mining operations.
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