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The image on Terraserver shows Brutus's shadow better than it does Brutus. However, it looks like the picture was taken at local noon, and the angle of the sun is reasonably close to 45 degrees, so that should give an idea of how big Brutus is.
N0YKG15:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Well, it's so big, it was probably assembled onsite and too big to move - so what mine was it used for? Then again, it's got treads, and the picture is in a museum not a mine, so I guess it can be moved - which means it could have been used for lots of things over its lifetime. The
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company is a redlink so that's not too helpful.
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The image on Terraserver shows Brutus's shadow better than it does Brutus. However, it looks like the picture was taken at local noon, and the angle of the sun is reasonably close to 45 degrees, so that should give an idea of how big Brutus is.
N0YKG15:01, 29 September 2005 (UTC)reply
Well, it's so big, it was probably assembled onsite and too big to move - so what mine was it used for? Then again, it's got treads, and the picture is in a museum not a mine, so I guess it can be moved - which means it could have been used for lots of things over its lifetime. The
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company is a redlink so that's not too helpful.