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Big Brutus – Second Largest Electric Shovel

Posted by wendyvee in Big Objects, Giant Things on May 20th, 2009
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Big Brutus
Giant Shovel
West Mineral, Kansas
submitted by “Runner” (Barb)

Barb captured Brutus during the AMA’s “World’s Biggest” Grand Tour in 2008.
(Click on the “Runner” tag below — she has plenty of other cool Roadside submissions too!)

According to the Big Brutus website, we’re talking about 16 stories and 11 million pounds of shovel here! Brutus is a registered landmark and it even has its own Visitor’s Center!