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| Dale Gerberding posted [This is how the 5716 is supposed to look.] |
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| Dale Gerberding posted Gibraltar 5761 Accident Shovel fell over on it's side while deadheading to a new pit just outside of Central City, KY. It was scrapped at the scene of the accident. |
[According to some Facebook comments, Dale was one of the operators. No one was hurt. It was scrapped in place. "Peabody wanted the insurance."]
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| Dale Gerberding posted Harold Atkins: I thank drumond coal bought this 5751 and moved and rebuilt it. The one I operated was bought as scrap cut apart and moved to alabama put back together and operated about 10 years. If it is I operated this shovel at their arkadelphia mine until it was cut up for scrap |
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| Brent Dowell posted Marion 5761 shovel at Gibraltar Mine. Aerial view. Muhlenberg County ky. Brandon K. Casebier: February 1984 Robert Frazier: I believe the story is they were attempting to load it on a barge to float it down the Green River and it sank and turned over near the river bank. Randall Franklin: Robert Frazier No they where walking it to park it because the coal seam was deeper than it strip. Ronald Evans: Randall Franklin Actually they were walking it to another field where the coal was not as deep. To save time the mine superintendent decided to move it across the soft area that you see in the picture. They got half way across it and ran out of trail cable, by the time they got back with more it had already sunk enough that it wouldn't move. They're was no room around it to get equipment around it to help get it moving again, so all they could do was let it roll over, which took several hours. Tom Moosbrugger: Robert Frazier They actually froze the ground with nitrogen to stabilize it when they walked drag lines onto barges on The Green. They did almost lose one, but it became unstable as it went out onto the barge. The pilot in charge saved it from going over. His name was Bob Claybrookes. Jamie Conard: It took 20 minutes to fall over. Some say it was intentionally walked slightly off road for insurance. Michael Davis: Jamie Conard actually it took roughly 2 hours. Insurance was one of the supposed reasons. It also served as a shot across the bow of the unions and a reminder that Peabody was on their way out of Western Kentucky. [Other comments debate about what was buried, what was cut up and what was moved to another mine.] Daniel Krähenbühl shared Daniel Krähenbühl shared William Oldani It's interesting reading a lot of the conjecture, a few things to note: It took nearly 40 minutes to hit the mud once it listed past center. The Idled 8700 was moved to the new reserve and finished mining it out. Engineers did not go into hiding, this was an Operations failure. Mining back in the day suffered many misfortunes, but managed to still rise to the occasion! Many Brilliant Minds back then! [The shovel was scrapped.] |
Eight photos provided by comments in the above post.
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4:24 video (It makes you appreciate today's phone cameras.)
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