4. … built by Krupp, a German company, on its way to an open coal mine.
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9. Specifications: ~ H = 95m, L = 215m (2.5 football field) ~ 45,500 tons ~ 100 millions $ ~ 5 years to design ~ 5 years to assemble ~ a crew of 5 to operate ~ the bucket wheel diameter = 21m with 20 buckets of 15m ³ ca ~ A 6ft (1m83) man could stand up in one of the bucket ~ 12 crawlers for moving the whole thing, 8 in front & 4 aft (each 3.6m wide, 2.4m high & 14m long) ~ Max speed : ~ 0.6 km/h (10 m/min.) ~ Can move over 76500m ³ overburden / day