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2. Power shovel - Wikipedia

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   Principle of rope-shovel operation. [1]A power shovel, also known as a motor shovel, stripping shovel, front shovel, mining shovel or rope shovel, [2] is a bucket-equipped machine usually powered by steam, diesel fuel, gasoline or electricity and used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction. [3]

3. Big Brutus - Wikipedia

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   Big Brutus, while not the largest electric shovel ever built, is the largest electric shovel still in existence. The Captain, at 28 million pounds (13 kt) – triple that of Big Brutus – was the largest shovel and one of the largest land-based mobile machines ever built, only exceeded by some dragline and bucket-wheel excavators. It was ...

4. Big Muskie - Wikipedia

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   The Big Muskie was a model 4250-W dragline and was the only one ever built by the Bucyrus-Erie company. [1] With a 220-cubic-yard (170 m 3) bucket, it was the largest single-bucket digging machine ever created and one of the world's largest mobile earth-moving machines alongside the Ohio-based Marion 6360 stripping shovel called The Captain and the German bucket wheel excavators of the Bagger ...

5. These Are the Best Shovels for the Most Common Lawn and ...

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   Shovels are great for digging holes, spreading gravel, planting shrubs, and more. Between brands like Craftsman and Fiskars, these are the best shovels to buy.

6. Category:Stripping shovels - Wikipedia

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   Extremely large power shovels used to dig up overburden and resources. Pages in category "Stripping shovels" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

7. Shovel - Wikipedia

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   A typical shovel. A shovel is a tool used for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, such as soil, coal, gravel, snow, sand, or ore. [1] Most shovels are hand tools consisting of a broad blade fixed to a medium-length handle. Shovel blades are usually made of sheet steel or hard plastics and are very strong.