Ruston No. 6 Crawler Mounted Revolving Steam Shovel - Clermont, QLD
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S 22° 47.912 E 147° 38.305
55K E 565523 N 7478641
A steam shovel on display at the northern approach to the town of Clermont.
Waymark Code: WMP0MK
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 06/05/2015
Views: 3
The nearby Blair Athol Coal Mine was the first mine in Australia to use the open cut method of mining coal & this shovel was an original piece of equipment used at the mine. Its bucket had a capacity of 1.5 cubic metres & was used to remove overburden then coal, which it loaded into trucks.
The shovel had a team of three. The driver, a trigger boy who ensured the bucket opened to dump coal into the trucks & the fireman.
The large bucket beside the steam shovel belonged to a dragline owned by Rio Tinto. This bucket had a capacity of 50 cubic metres or 33 times more than the steam shovel's bucket.
Type of Machine: Steam shovel
Year the machine was built: 1936
Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]
Year the machine was put on display: Not listed
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