Bucket wheel excavator
Title
Bucket wheel excavator
Photographer
Horrell, C. William
Geographical
Southern Illinois
Description
A bucket wheel excavator/ cross pit spreader at work moving overburden . Side of excavator reads "Fidelity Mine , W5 Wheel Excavator ". Freeman United Coal Mining Company , Fidelity mine , near DuQuoin , Perry County . "A "wheel " type of machine which digs the soil and rock , which is called the overburden and deposits it onto a conveyor belt which then takes it to the opposite side of the cut (left) . The small coal loading shovel scoops up the coal and loads it onto transport trucks . The wheel has the advantage of being able to deposit the rock on the spoil bank and then covering it up with top soil , so it is both a stripping and a reclamation machine. " and "W-4 " written on verso .
Dimensions (in.)
8 x 10 inches
Dimensions (cm.)
21 x 26 cm.
Medium
Photograph: Black and white
Photo type
Gelatin silver print
Dates
1966-1976
Subject (LCSH)
Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Perry County -- Photographs Coal mining machinery -- Illinois -- Perry County -- Photographs
Subject (TGM)
Coal mining Conveying systems Machinery Strip mining
Collection/Box #
C. William Horrell Photograph Collection 64/ Box 26/ Folder 1
Type
Image
Provenance
Donated by the Horrell family to SCRC after the photographer's death, 1989.
Rights Statement
Copyright holder is unknown. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Phone: + 1 (618) 453-2516. Email: http://reftrack.lib.siu.edu/reft100.aspx?key=SCRCEmail&cllcid=SCRR
mine i.d./tract #
TR 137, 138, 142
source
642601_26cdm.jpg
Collection
Doc Horrell Photo Collection (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
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