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Listen: The Folk ProgramBigger Digger operating at phosphate mine - Mulberry, Florida
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The world's largest walking dragline--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" weight 2,571,000 pounds and stands on paddle feet 54-feet by 9. Westinghouse electric motor--2100 horse power. Boom is 215-feet and has a reach of 218 feet.
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