Standing nearly 22 stories tall and weighing as much as 10,000 Miatas, this is the story of Big Muskie, the biggest, most-badass walking dragline ever made. So keep reading to find out how it was ...

Sep. 30—SCAMMON, Kan. — A walking dragline idled in Cherokee County for decades is one step closer to becoming a roadside attraction in Southeast Kansas. Workers with Tilton and Sons House ...

Tilton & Sons Housemoving began the task of moving the 500,000 pound “Page 618” walking dragline from a field in Cherokee County, 20 miles north to a spot near the Miners Hall Museum in Franklin.

A walking dragline will soon be moved from the spot where it has rested for the past five decades and turned into a historic landmark to honor coal mining in Southeast Kansas. For more information ...

Large draglines—those models larger than their counterparts commonly found in construction—were perfect examples of this. Walking draglines are highly efficient excavating machines, but unsuitable for ...

ODNR and many Central Ohio Coal Company employees recently gathered at Miner's Memorial Park to honor Big Muskie's historical and engineering impact.

Let’s make them walk,” and invented the first walking dragline. Well, while he probably didn’t say that, it was and still is a good idea nonetheless. Walking draglines avoid sinking into ...

Company Annoucement - Park Village Auctions will soon bring to market a showstopper in the form of a Bucyrus walking dragline. The dragline forms part of a large collection of assets being made ...

Feb. 2—On the web To see a video describing the project to move the Page dragline go to Franklin, Kan., at: https://www.minershallmuseum.com. For more information on the three donor funds accepting ...