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FRANKLIN, Kan. — For more than 60 years, a Page 618 Walking Dragline has been working to dig coal on land in northeastern Cherokee County — or just sitting on ...
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 ...
Cody Wilkinson, son of the owner of this Page 618 walking dragline, parked his pickup close to the coal-mining machine to provide perspective on its size.
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.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. — A really big Southeast Kansas project is officially on the move.
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 ...
He said the groundsman alerted the operator to some cracking around the dragline, but by the time the operator started "walking" the dragline backward away from the surface cracks, a loose layer ...
Walking draglines avoid sinking into the earth by spreading their weigh over a big pad that’s sort of like a penguin’s stomach.
The 9.5 million-pound Liberty dragline at BNI coal will be trailered to a new location on the mine site. Draglines are normally "walked" to a new location, but the trailering method, only done ...
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 available by De Beers at ...
Jun. 26—FRANKLIN, Kan. — Miners Hall Museum is proceeding with its plan to move a historic walking dragline from a rural area of northeastern Cherokee County to the junction of Kansas Highway ...