County: Cherokee

Date: Before 2000

Photographer: John Charlton/KGS

Place Name: Big Brutus

Short description: One of the world's largest power shovels, Big Brutus, was operated 24/7 to strip mine coal in Cherokee County from 1963 to 1974. It is now the centerpiece of a museum featuring the southeast Kansas coal mining industry.

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