I live local to Big Muskie. My grandpa took me to see the machine in 1999 a month before demolition began, I was only 6 and don't remember alot of it but I remember being in utter amazement of how massive it was. The bucket still leaves me in awe no matter how many times I see it. I fish the lakes and camp in the hills formed by its mark on that land. If you didn't know the history of the ReCreation lands you would never know that it was once a mine. To the untrained eye the landscape in modern day looks like any other part of surrounding appalachia. I love that place. There was once a point that the real good fishing ponds were inaccessible unless you had a capable 4WD (not to sound like a hick but a mud or off-road tire and at least a 3-4 inch lift) as the "road" that went to them was more of a mud trail. Now that the road is graded/graveled yearly the ponds are getting polluted with the higher traffic and use. A beautiful place to make a trip to, the surrounding area holds so much history.
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've placed an injunction against its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Big Muskie, the Silver Spade, GEM of Egypt, and maybe a few select examples of huge mining dump trucks, should've been saved in a Bureau of Mines museum site.
ΤΕΡΑΣΤΙΑ τα έξοδα για να γίνει αυτό. Μόνο λίγες εκατοντάδες μέτρα από το τελευταίο σημείο που ήταν όταν σταμάτησαν να λειτουργούν, θα μπορούσε να διατηρηθούν. Και θα ήταν ωραίο! @@BlackPill-pu4vi
this is one of those things that even as someone opposed to coal use in energy i respect, because of the immense effort and engineering behind it. and i believe that it should have been preserved.
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've sued the company to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
@@israel9760 An old figure of speech. Bean counters work in an organization's finance department. They serve at the behest of the shareholders who do absolutely nothing but hold fractional ownership of the company via common and preferred stocks. A vile paradigm invented by Milton J Friedman.
@@israel9760 People that only look at numbers, bean counting used to be used to decide elections. The joke is that all they care about are how many beans they have and not who wins or what the consequences are. Basically people un-able to think broadly.
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've filed for a court order to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
Draglines not only release pollutants directly but also contribute massively to climate change by excavating vast amounts of coal. When burned, this coal emits enormous quantities of carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants daily, monthly, and annually.
I live local to Big Muskie. My grandpa took me to see the machine in 1999 a month before demolition began, I was only 6 and don't remember alot of it but I remember being in utter amazement of how massive it was. The bucket still leaves me in awe no matter how many times I see it. I fish the lakes and camp in the hills formed by its mark on that land. If you didn't know the history of the ReCreation lands you would never know that it was once a mine. To the untrained eye the landscape in modern day looks like any other part of surrounding appalachia. I love that place. There was once a point that the real good fishing ponds were inaccessible unless you had a capable 4WD (not to sound like a hick but a mud or off-road tire and at least a 3-4 inch lift) as the "road" that went to them was more of a mud trail. Now that the road is graded/graveled yearly the ponds are getting polluted with the higher traffic and use. A beautiful place to make a trip to, the surrounding area holds so much history.
Why, just why . It should of stayed as a national treasure
Just like Big Brutus
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've placed an injunction against its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Big Muskie, the Silver Spade, GEM of Egypt, and maybe a few select examples of huge mining dump trucks, should've been saved in a Bureau of Mines museum site.
ΤΕΡΑΣΤΙΑ τα έξοδα για να γίνει αυτό.
Μόνο λίγες εκατοντάδες μέτρα από το τελευταίο σημείο που ήταν όταν σταμάτησαν να λειτουργούν, θα μπορούσε να διατηρηθούν. Και θα ήταν ωραίο!
@@BlackPill-pu4vi
I was Lucky enough to see this as a young lad, even from a distance it Dominated the landscape.
Great video. I saw Big Muskie once from the air, flying out of Akron-Canton. I never knew it existed before that and was amazed.
Keep the great videos coming friend from Scotland 😊
Thank you for you comment, Iain. Always a pleasure reading you! :D
I remember going to the assembly site to see it develop. The company made it like a little park to watch from.
I got to see this in operation when I was in the Boy Scouts back in the early seventies.
My Dad worked on Big Muskie. I'm not sure if he helped build it. But I can remember him telling me about it. He also worked on the Gem of Egypt.
That would have been a dream come true to operate that for any amount of time
Same here sir :D
My agriculture class toured this in 1971. Also the land reclamation from it's work.
"It needs to be retired to a museum"
"We're gonna need a bigger museum"
this is one of those things that even as someone opposed to coal use in energy i respect, because of the immense effort and engineering behind it.
and i believe that it should have been preserved.
The weight of a WWII heavy cruiser...or a six pack of destroyers!! Wow. Crazy that it didnt self-power though. I assumed itd of had diesel gensets!!!
I'm interested in the cable supplying the electricity to this machine. It's not like plugging in an extension cord!
RIP you marvel of engineering
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😢 So Sad, you have to keep and preserve History ..
the king of Mining
A true ONE OF.. legend
100%
Land monster machine! Bucket wheel monsters 14000 tons!
Imagine a tractor so big you need a demolition team to take it down.
Bucketnya terlalu kecil,untuk ukuran mesin Segede itu,, harusnya d buat 3x lebih besar bucketnya.. supaya imbang dgn bobot mesin utama
Luar biasa
I wonder how it got it's name?
That I’m not sure sadly
The Muskingham mine i do believe
Big musky fish are regularly taken from lakes in the area.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskingum_River
Now you can build another one with price of airbus a380
Shame on all involved in the destruction of what should have been a national landmark.
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've sued the company to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
@@BlackPill-pu4viwhat are bean? counters
@@israel9760 An old figure of speech. Bean counters work in an organization's finance department. They serve at the behest of the shareholders who do absolutely nothing but hold fractional ownership of the company via common and preferred stocks. A vile paradigm invented by Milton J Friedman.
@@israel9760 People that only look at numbers, bean counting used to be used to decide elections. The joke is that all they care about are how many beans they have and not who wins or what the consequences are. Basically people un-able to think broadly.
So sad it had to go.
most certainly do NOT undetstand why you had to go and destroy it😡⁉️
You could’ve maintained it and kept it visible for generations to come…❓❓❓
The unrepentant avarice of the bean counters caused Big Muskie's demise. The Bureau of Mines should've filed for a court order to prevent its destruction and lobbied Congress to to negotiate with the company to jointly save the dragline as a museum piece. Too many incredible feats of engineering have been lost due to shortsightedness.
Draglines not only release pollutants directly but also contribute massively to climate change by excavating vast amounts of coal. When burned, this coal emits enormous quantities of carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants daily, monthly, and annually.
I don't think anyone asked you about climate change there dinglenuts
Well, while that’s true, it was what we had at the time, as well as oil, to power the world. It doesn’t run on rainbows 🌈
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