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| 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
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| Subject (TGM) | Coal mining
Conveying systems
Machinery
Strip mining
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| 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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