The Dragline!
Page given credit for inventing the dragline..

The dragline was invented in 1904 by John W. Page, a contractor for ditches and such, back in the early twentieth cengtury. Digging the Chicago Canal was one of Page's projects and he invented, designed, and built a dragline to dig the canal. By 1912, Page was spending more time building draglines that contracting so he created the Page Engineering Company to build draglines. Page built its' first crude walking dragline in 1923. This crude walking mechanism was far behind the Monighan Draglines, a competor of Page's. Page then redesigned his walking mechanism to an eccentric drive in 1935. In this time frame the draglines were mounted on rails and very limited to movement. By the late forties, the newer built draglines rested on a round platform called a "tub" and movement was by "Legs" with large pads as feet. The dragline would be positioned so that its' weight was well distributed on the tub and then the eccentric drive legs would move forward and down lifting the dragline somewhat and allowing the tub to scoot forward. As the legs continued in a orbital motion, the tub would be sat back on the ground and the legs would be repositioned ready for another short move. Page modernized its draglines further with the 700 series in 1954. Page's largest dragline was the Model 757 delivered to the Obed Mine near Hinton, Alberta in 1983. It featured a 75-yard bucket on a 298-foot boom and an operating weight of 4,500 tons. In 1988, Harnischfeger Corporation (P&H Mining Equipment) purchased Page Engineering Company. Harnischfeger Corporation was established as P&H Mining in 1884 by Alonzo Pawling and Henry Harnischfeger.

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