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Mine Index(s): | 0738 |
Mine Company: | United Electric Coal Company |
Mine Name | Cuba Mine |
Photo Date | 1949 |
Photo Credit | Illinois State Geological Survey |
ISGS Library Call Number | 2765 (M-1963) |
Caption | Excavating head of first Illinois bucketwheel excavator designed by Frank F. Kolbe of United Electric Coal Company. This was an economical method of moving a great volume of soil and shale and depositing it far enough away to prevent the spoil pile from sliding back into the pit. This wheel excavator could deposit to a spoil pile 400 ft away. Bucyrus built the upper portion onto a Marion dragline chassis. The machine weighed about 1,000 tons and had an output of 1,000 cubic yards of material per hour. This volume is about 5 times the rate of the Marion dragline model it replaced. |
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