Driving through the fields of West Mineral, Kansas, it’s hard to miss Big Brutus. What’s Big Brutus? A massive Bucyrus-Erie model 1850-B electric shovel that stands 16 stories tall, weighs over 11 million pounds and definitely lives up to its name. The largest electric shovel still in existence, Big Brutus, which is now a museum,… Continue reading The world’s largest electric shovel just happens to be in Kansas