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Largest Shovel In The World & Largest Ever Built By Marion--
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102:General characteristics
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664:Categories
536:Big Muskie
531:Big Brutus
437:2008-09-30
384:References
353:Big Brutus
343:Big Muskie
338:Bagger 293
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198:Complement
171:Propulsion
63:Christened
58:April 1964
373:Excavator
275:Specifics
242:Arch Coal
55:Laid down
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