Utility Coals Ltd
Boundary Mine
History
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Bucyrus-Erie 750B
Stripping Shovel
Bucyrus-Erie 750B shovel
working at Utility Coal Mines Ltd, Aug. 1959
Mine Manager Homer Bish seen in front of his station wagon
Views of the 750B from the cab,
from the side of the pit, and in the motor room
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Specs:
20 Cu Yard bucket (9 x 9 x 7 ft)
Boom 95 ft long
All Electric
Total of 1,200 HP
Weight of machine= 1,195 Tons (1250 tons in one article)
1 ton=2240 lbs, so this machine weighed 2,676,800 lbs
in 1958 it was the largest shovel in the
British Commonwealth
All pictures and info from
"The Mannix Story" Vol #7 Aug 1959, No 5
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