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Tower excavator digs waterway channel
Excavation assembly used at Jackson lock and dam near Coffeeville, Ala, comprises main or "head" tower about 140-ft high mounted on 4 crawler-type trucks, another shorter "tail" tower mounted on similar tracklaying base, and cable suspended between them; dragging bucket, rolling on cable, is capable of moving 12 yd of earth 800-ft in single maneuver.
Tower excavator digs waterway channel
Excavation assembly used at Jackson lock and dam near Coffeeville, Ala, comprises main or "head" tower about 140-ft high mounted on 4 crawler-type trucks, another shorter "tail" tower mounted on similar tracklaying base, and cable suspended between them; dragging bucket, rolling on cable, is capable of moving 12 yd of earth 800-ft in single maneuver.
Tower excavator digs waterway channel
Excavating Engr
Excavating Engineer ; 54
1960
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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