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Bucyrus Erie model 1850B
16 stories (160 feet) tall
weighs 11 million pounds
boom 150 feet long
dipper capacity 90cubic yards (by heaping 150 tons - enough to fill three rail road cars)
maximum speed .22 MPH
cost $6.5 million in 1962 electric bill of last month of operations was $27,000
Length 98 ft 5 in (30 m)
Total weight 545,500 lb (247,400 kg)
Fuel capacity 8230 US gallons (31,154 L).... $23,044 to fill up today last time I checked diesel!!!!! Take that $27k electric bill!!!!!!!!!
2 Turbo V16 engines
6600 hp (4900 kW)