Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Jasper, AL: Mr He-Man II, a Bucyrus Erie 1570 Walking Dragline

(Satellite)


Street View

Kelly Michaels Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
Bucyrus Erie 1570 Walking Dragline Mr Heman II

I remember from studying the Sloss Blast Furnaces that there was iron, coal and limestone in the mountains around Birmingham. So this would have been some of the coal.

rocbolt, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) via Several More Photos

Kelly Michaels Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
Bucyrus Erie 1570 Walking Dragline Mr Heman II

The Walker County Buzzard posted
MR. HEMAN II DRAGLINE TO BE FEATURED IN UPCOMING TRANSFORMERS SEQUEL CURRY - Transformers franchise executive producer, Michael Bay has reportedly cast rusting, Burrows Crossing Rd dragline "Mr. Heman II" in a supporting role in the upcoming Transformers sequel. Mr. Heman II will reportedly play the role of Carbonus Dig, a noble Autobot tasked with protecting energon deposits located under the area's coal beds.

Craig Tyndall commented on the post by The Walker County Buzzard, cropped
[I think he is arguing that the red mark on the photo above was added.]

Ginger Creel Quinn posted three photos with the comment: "Passed this today in Walker Co Alabama. Not the best pictures we were hauling a boat and had nowhere to pull over with it."
Jamie Kelly: It's 1570 LOT #8
1, cropped

2, cropped

3, cropped

Dennis DeBruler commented on Ginger's post
https://goo.gl/maps/eQe8d4vpPnDPidVQ8
 
Lawrence Patton commented on Ginger's post, cropped
Curry Alabama here it is crossing the sipsey river below 69 highway.

Some comments mentioned that the back legs of the A-frame have been replaced with safety cables. The above photo shows what the A-frame is supposed to look like.
Andy Tom Huggins commented on Ginger's post
Jeff E Newman: Mr. TOM is sitting in the Drummond/ Twin Pines mine in Abernant Al. Was moved there years ago and was never used ..
 
al, this photo has been moved to "Abernant, AL: Drummond Twin Pines (Shannon) Mine and Mr. Tom Dragline, B-E 1570"




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