"The Big Muskie" Ohio Bucket Story- Largest!

The Big Muskie was the world's largest dragline. It was built by the Central Ohio Coal Co. near Zanesville in 1969. It took two years to complete. A huge metal bucket large enough to hold two Greyhound buses side by side. The main part however tried to be preserved did not survive. It was scraped.
Here is that story.
A sad day for thousands of people worldwide who had worked for months and raised many thousands of dollars to preserve this giant piece of history and promising tourist attraction...
Although a scrapping contract had been awarded and internal scrapping had been progressing for months, negotiations have also been underway with AEP to preserve the Big Muskie. In the midst of negotiations, all hope suddenly ended however on May 20, 1999 when the contractor Mayer-Pollock Steel Corporation made their decision to use high explosives to cut the 5 inch cables holding Big Muskie's mighty boom up. The boom crashed to the ground in a twisted mess, completely eliminating any hope of preservation.
This huge bucket is still on display near McConnelsville Ohio.

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