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The world's largest walking dragline at work in International's Peace Valley mine fields.

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Photographed in April 1947.

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1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

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International's "Bigger Digger" bites a carload of phosphate with every nip of 100-ton bucket, removing 3,000 tons of concentrate a day. The "giant duck" weighs 2,571,000 pounds and stands on paddle feet 54 by 9 feet. Westinghouse electric motor--2100 horse power. Boom is 215-feet and has a reach of 218 feet.

The world's largest walking dragline at work in International's Peace Valley mine fields.

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The world's largest walking dragline at work in International's Peace Valley mine fields. 1947-04. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/55873>, accessed 7 February 2023.

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