'Big Brutus,' World's Largest Electric Shovel, Turned Into Museum


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Today Big Brutus calls Big Brutus Inc. its home, a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas that doubles as a campground. As long as the wind is low, you can climb on the 16-story boom, step.


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Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas, United States where it was used in coal strip mining operations. The shovel was designed to dig from 20 to 69 feet (6.1 to 21.0 m) [1] down to unearth relatively shallow coal seams, which would themselves be mined with smaller equipment. Description


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Its size and force were the talk of the town for decades, and now, it's an interactive museum that tens of thousands from across the globe visit each year. Big Brutus is the largest electric.


'Big Brutus,' World's Largest Electric Shovel, Turned Into Museum

Big Brutus was the largest electric shovel in the world.colossal sized shovel.stands 16 stories high and weighs 11 million pounds.


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Currently general admission costs a family of four (two adults and two teenagers) $74 at the Museum of Fine Arts, $63 at the Franklin Park Zoo and $136 at the New England Aquarium.


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Let's Visit Airbus. Allée André-Turcat - 31700 Blagnac. Tel. +33 (0)5 34 39 42 00. www.manatour.fr. Tram T1 Beauzelle-Aeroscopia. Visits can be combined with the visit to Aeroscopia Museum. Attention: booking and I.D obligatory. Airbus. Airbus.


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The first thing to state is manage your expectations. The Airbus site is a highly sensitive area, security is high and you are not allowed to wonder around the hangars. You will be part of a managed group, you'll be escorted at all times and you cannot take photos. We did two tours, the Airbus tour and the A350 tour.


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Big Brutus 4.5 99 reviews #1 of 1 things to do in West Mineral Speciality Museums Write a review What people are saying " Worth the trip! " Jul 2023 Spent a couple hours exploring the equipment on site and touring the small museum. By Sue F " Worth a stop. Big Brutus is amazing. " Jun 2022


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Volunteers quickly restored Big Brutus, and it now operates as a museum. With the claim that it is the largest existing electric shovel in the world, the coal monster of southeast Kansas lives again, now teaching children and families about the history of coal and Kansas. Entry: Big Brutus Author: Kansas Historical Society


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Big Brutus Museum The museum contains information all about Big Brutus, along with other exhibits from the local area. It's located in West Mineral which is in the southeast corner of Kansas, near the borders of Missouri and Oklahoma. Big Brutus museum area


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Big Brutus is the world's largest electric shovel. It stands 16 stories high amid the fields of rural southeast Kansas. The coal strip mine it helped clear of rock and dirt has long been shut down, and Brutus has been turned into a museum.


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Airbus vs Boeing tour. Nov 2023 • Solo. outside of france holidays, airbus tours (90 min, guided) only fall on wednesday and saturday. imo wed is a better day to visit since it is a working day and you will be able to observe the logistic and operations. having said that, most of the time on the tour you will be riding in the bus and looking.


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Big Brutus, Inc. - Dedicated To The Mining Heritage of Southeast Kansas. Welcome to Big Brutus, A Monument to Mining History Discover the story of the largest electric shovel in the world Explore the Site About Us


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The Museum and Visitors Center offers an interesting (although slowly presented) movie detailing the delivery and assembly of Big Brutus in the early 1960's, as well as other displays covering the mining heritage of Southeast Kansas.


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The Markley Shovel is a homemade machine built in 1928. it was a gift to the Big Brutus Museum by Jerry Henson. Mr. Henson's wife's Uncle was Perry Markley, who designed the shovel using railroad car wheels and a Studebaker car engine. The Markley Shovel On Display At the Big Brutus Museum. Photo by L. Andrews.


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Big Brutus near West Mineral, Kansas was the world's second largest electric mining shovel when it was in operation in from 1962 to 1974. Now it is a tourist attraction. Big Brutus is 160 feet tall and weights 11 million pounds.