15 for ’26Â Ride #9:Â Big Muskie Bucket
McConnelsville, OH
Check-in Location
The Big Muskie Bucket in Minerâs Memorial Park (in Jesse Owens State Park), 4470 OH-78, McConnelsville, OH 43756
The âBig Muskieâ was a massive earth-moving machine used for coal mining. Its bucket alone weighed 230 tons and could hold 220 cubic yards of material weighing up to 325 tons (220 cubic yards is approximately the size of a dozen hippopotamuses, 12 Volkswagen Beetles, or a million golf balls).
Built in 1969 by the Bucyrus Erie Co., Big Muskie was the largest single-bucket dragline excavator in the world, almost 22 stories tall and weighing 27 million pounds. It was built for the Central Ohio Coal Company, where it ran 24 hours a day, 364 days a year. In 1991, with decreasing demand for high-sulfur coal and high operating costs, Big Muskie was shut down, dismantled, and sold for scrap. Only its massive bucket was preserved, and is now displayed at Minerâs Memorial Park at Jesse Owens State Park in McConnelsville, OH.
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