Big Brutus - West Mineral, Kansas
Big Brutus - West Mineral, Kansas
Southeast Kansas can brag about having the largest electric shovel in the United States. Big Brutus was used in the mining industry and brings attention to the history of mining and the industry itself. The Bucyrus Erie Model 1850B was sold to the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company (P&M) of Pittsburg, Kan., for $6.5 million in 1962. It took 150 railroad cars to transport Big Brutus to Southeast Kansas where it took 52 men 11 months to assemble Big Brutus 11 miles from his current location.
Big Brutus - West Mineral, Kansas
Big Brutus - West Mineral, Kansas
Southeast Kansas can brag about having the largest electric shovel in the United States. Big Brutus was used in the mining industry and brings attention to the history of mining and the industry itself. The Bucyrus Erie Model 1850B was sold to the Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company (P&M) of Pittsburg, Kan., for $6.5 million in 1962. It took 150 railroad cars to transport Big Brutus to Southeast Kansas where it took 52 men 11 months to assemble Big Brutus 11 miles from his current location.
