sask:coal:draglines:marion8750


Marion 8750 Dragline

Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada

The “Estevan Eagle” was this model of Dragline

Sorry I don't have a photo of this one for some reason.

Machine weighs approx 14 million pounds, 335 ft boom, 6ft walking step, with “shoes” 16 ft wide, by 80 ft long, powered by 4 800 hp electric motors.
110 cu Yd Bucket. House is 109 ft long.

There is only 4 of this model machine working in the world.

Marion was sold to Bucyrus in 1997, and they then sold again, in 2011, to “Caterpillar Global Mining”


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  • Last modified: 2017/10/24 21:34
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