Miner's Memorial Park & Big Muskie's Bucket | Ohio Department of ...
Big Muskie was the largest dragline ever built. The 220-cubic-yard, 240-ton bucket is a true engineering marvel. Due to the massive size of the machine, Big Muskie had to be built on site. Starting in 1967, …
Big Muskie - Wikipedia
Big Muskie was a dragline excavator built by Bucyrus-Erie and owned by the Central Ohio Coal Company (formerly a division of American Electric Power), weighing 13,500 short tons (12,200 t) and …
Big Muskie Bucket - EXPLORE Noble County, OHIO
The Big Muskie Bucket is the centerpiece of Miner’s Memorial Park located just 17 miles West of Caldwell off I-77, Exit 25, right along SR 78. This artifact has generated unbelievable interest from …
The True Story Of The Big Muskie Bucket In McConnelsville, Ohio
Jun 21, 2024 · Tucked away in Jesse Owens State Park in the Appalachian region of southeast Ohio, you’ll find a Goliath-sized mining bucket known as Big Muskie Bucket. Once the world’s largest earth …
Big Muskie's Bucket, McConnelsville, Ohio - Roadside America
The bucket sits on a rise, overlooking the beautiful valley that it once mined and destroyed, which has been renamed "Re-Creation Land." Built in 1969, Big Muskie could move 39 million pounds of earth …
Meet ‘Big Muskie’, the mining giant that shaped Ohio’s landscape
Aug 22, 2025 · Big Muskie carves out Ohio's hillsides during its operation during Ohio's coal boom. Clouds of dust would form as the nearly 22-story tall machine changed the landscape of southeast …
Big Muskie Bucket - Atlas Obscura
Aug 8, 2017 · All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine. A huge metal bucket large enough to hold two Greyhound buses side by side has sat unused in an Ohio park for more than 20 years—a …
Miner's Memorial Park & Big Muskie Bucket Bristol Township OH
In addition to the memorial features found in this part of the park, visitors can enjoy a picnic area with a shelter and a scenic overlook of the area.
The World's Largest Dragline Bucket Is In Ohio, And It's The Quirkiest ...
Jul 20, 2025 · When operational, Big Muskie stood 22 stories tall—higher than most buildings in Columbus. Its boom stretched 310 feet—longer than a football field. The machine weighed 13,500 …
Big Muskie Bucket - Casual Trekkers
Big Muskie Bucket The Big Muskie bucket is located at Miner’s Memorial Park within Jesse Owens State Park near McConnelsville Ohio. It was part of the largest single bucket digging machine ever …