Bagger 1473:
A.K.A: Bagger 258 (often mis-identified as this from markings on a random plate attached to it)
A.K.A: The Blue Wonder
Intro:
There’s no easy way to descried the scale of this thing, so here are the stats (from Wiki):
History:
The excavator was used at a local mine from 1965 to 2002.
After it had finished it’s useful life it was agreed to preserve it (lets face it, it would have been a nightmare to dismantle)
So she was moved approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) from the Meuro mine to near Lausitz where it would serve as a monument to the area's former lignite mining. With amazing German efficiency, traffic was not affected….
…BUT. In January 2019 the municipalities that supported its move announced that the excavator was to be scrapped. Their decision was mainly due to the machine's dilapidation and damage. It was financially impossible to maintain and because vandalism and theft had become so extensive, the structure was no longer safe for people.
No **** Sherlock. A Lot of the plates to the walkways were invisible:
….BUT. when the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments got wind of the planned demolition (from news reports) they reminded everyone that the excavator had acknowledged historical structure protection since 2002/2003.
Ian scaling one of the 10 tracks (He destroyed his trousers on the descent lol
Priority7 standing next to the tracks for scale
Thanks for reading.
A.K.A: Bagger 258 (often mis-identified as this from markings on a random plate attached to it)
A.K.A: The Blue Wonder
Intro:
There’s no easy way to descried the scale of this thing, so here are the stats (from Wiki):
- The bucket wheel excavator had a power of 5555 kW during operation and was supplied with a 6 kV power cable.
- Overall, the bucket wheel excavator is about 50 meters high and about 171.5 meters long.
- The six-section crawler undercarriage has a maximum travel speed of 6 meters per minute.
- With 10 buckets of 1.5 cubic meters each and 57 pours per minute (known as the pour rate), the excavator achieves a theoretical mining capacity of 5130 cubic meters per hour.
- The bucket wheel diameter is 12.5 meters and the cutting speed is 3.73 meters per second.
- The design of the wheel boom, with a length of 67 meters, enables an excavation height of up to 35 meters and an excavation depth of up to 15 meters.
History:
The excavator was used at a local mine from 1965 to 2002.
After it had finished it’s useful life it was agreed to preserve it (lets face it, it would have been a nightmare to dismantle)
So she was moved approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) from the Meuro mine to near Lausitz where it would serve as a monument to the area's former lignite mining. With amazing German efficiency, traffic was not affected….
…BUT. In January 2019 the municipalities that supported its move announced that the excavator was to be scrapped. Their decision was mainly due to the machine's dilapidation and damage. It was financially impossible to maintain and because vandalism and theft had become so extensive, the structure was no longer safe for people.
No **** Sherlock. A Lot of the plates to the walkways were invisible:
….BUT. when the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments got wind of the planned demolition (from news reports) they reminded everyone that the excavator had acknowledged historical structure protection since 2002/2003.
Ian scaling one of the 10 tracks (He destroyed his trousers on the descent lol
Priority7 standing next to the tracks for scale
Thanks for reading.
