DRAGLINE EXCAVATOR
In 1939, it built its first walking dragline with a simple singlecrank mechanism. The company changed its name to the Marion Power Shovel Company in 1946. Its largest dragline was the 8950 sold to Amax Coal Company in 1973. It featured a 150cubic yard bucket on a 310foot boom and weighed 7,300 tons. Marion was acquired by Bucyrus in 1997.