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Welcome to a giant towering over Kansas, known as Big Brutus. If you haven't seen him in person before, we promise it's even larger than you're thinking as you look at this image. 785Crew/Google

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In the middle of the old coal-mining prairies of southeast Kansas sits a mechanical wonder, the world's largest electric-powered shovel in existence, Big Bru.

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Big Brutus Big Brutus 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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Big Brutus At 16-stories tall, Big Brutus is the world's largest surviving electric shovel. From the road, or even the museum nearby, it's difficult to judge the size of Big Brutus, because it sits in a 20′ deep pit. Big Brutus is located in Cherokee County, and has never crossed north into Crawford County.

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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.

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Big Brutus is the centerpiece of a mining. Made a day trip over to West Mineral, Kansas to check out Big Brutus again. This time we brought the video camera.

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Big Brutus is the largest electric mining shovel still standing in the United States. The behemoth machine is located in West Mineral, Kansas. About 135 miles southeast of Wichita and 26.

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West Mineral, Kansas, United States--Big Brutus, the nickname of the Bucyrus-Erie model 1850-B electric shovel, is the centerpiece of a mining museum in West Mineral, Kansas, United States; constructed in 1962 by the Bucyrus Erie company for the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company, Big Brutus is 160 feet tall and weights 11 million pounds; with its 90-cubic yard shovel, could move 150 tons.

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Big Brutus The newspapers called it a coal monster, and a monster it was. Dubbed "Big Brutus," the enormous power shovel towered 15 stories high and weighed 11 million pounds. Purchased in 1962 from the Bucyrus-Erie Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The machine's cost was $6.5 million.

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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.

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Big Brutus Address: 6509 NW 60th St., West Mineral, KS Directions: Six miles west of the junction of Hwys 7 and 102, then a half-mile south. Hours: Daily 9-5; Closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas day (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access. Phone: 620-827-6177 Admission: Admission RA Rates:

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Big Brutus Inc. West Mineral, Kansas The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world. Been Here? 423 Want to Visit? 496.

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Big Brutus, the coal mining giant of SouthEast Kansas. Big Brutus, Inc. 6509 NW 60th St — West Mineral, Kansas. Home; Let's Paint; Visitors Center. Big Brutus, a non-profit Kansas corporation dedicated to the Mining Heritage of Southeast Kansas. About Big Brutus | Visitors Center | Map.

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Boccia said he was there when Big Brutus was purchased from the Bucyrus Eric company of Milwaukee in 1962 for $6.2 million and shipped to Kansas by rail car. "It came in on well over 100 cars.

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Big Brutus, the largest electric coal shovel in the world, is 160 feet tall. It took 150 railroad cars to bring all of its parts to Cherokee County. Big Brutus weighs 11 million pounds and was built by Bucyrus-Erie for the Pittsburg & Midway (P&M) Coal Mining Company. The bucket is 90 cubic yards and, when operating, could move 150 tons of coal.