"Visible from space" The Hambach Mine & worlds largest bucket excavator The bagger 291

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"A monstrous, titanic killing machine the likes of which the world has never seen!" it's said.

Before we leave Germany to. the south via Luxembourg It would be very rude not to call and visit the Hambach mine.... Visible from space and having thee largest bucket excavators on the planet.

The Bagger 291 in the Hambach brown coal mine
(MAN TAKRAF RB293 (1995-2003))
Bagger 293 (2003-Present)
Builders TAKRAF
Cost €92.46 million (2007) or US$100 million (2007)
Notes Largest ground vehicle ever built
General characteristics
Class and type Type SRs 8000-series Bucket-wheel excavator
Tonnage 14,200 t (31,300,000 lb)
Length 225 m (738.2 ft)
Beam 46 m (151 ft)
Height 96 m (314.9 ft)
Installed power
1 x 6,413 kW (8,600 hp) powered electric motor[2]
1 x 10.15 MW (13,611 hp) external coal power plant[1]
Total: 16.56 MW (22,207 hp)
Propulsion 12 x caterpillar tracks
Speed 2 to 10 m (6.6 to 32.8 ft) per minute (0.1 to 0.6 km/h)

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Category
Fly Fishing
Tags
adventues, adventure, overland