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The rise and fall of the two biggest draglines ever built

Michael Allan McCrae | July 23, 2011 | 10:48 pm Energy Coal 

Watch this documentary about two of the biggest draglines ever built. The Captain was the first of the big draglines, built by Marion Power Shovel for the Captain Mine in Illinois. It was then rivalled by the Big Muskie, owned...

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