Cambria C: Westover, PA: K&J Coal and B-E 1260W, the Appalachian Lady

A land tattoo: (Satellite)  One comment says the dragline was scrapped and another says it is in Vulcan Miami.

Kris Kovel posted
Pic we took of the Appalachian Lady. K&J Coal. Cambria County Pennsylvania in 1990.
David Mathews: Now operating at Vulcan Miami
Dennis DeBruler: Some more photos: http://www.stripmine.org/lady/lady_01.htm

Third of a sequence of photos by Eric Fleisher

The pictures are of "The Appalachian Lady" A Bucyrus Erie 1260W walking dragline.

According to George Anderson's Book, ( 100 booming years, A History Of The Bucyrus Erie Company), the machine was bought new by the

" K&J " coal company. It started work in May 1978 near Westover, Pennsylvania. The Lady carried a 260' Boom and swung a 32 yard bucket.

From the location of the town of Westover, I'd say that the Lady was stripping bituminous, from one of the deep mines in the area.

[stripmine]

A caption on a photo of the bucket labels it as 45 cu yd.

1981 Hastings Quad @ 24,000

1994 Hastings Quad @ 24,000