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![File:Head of the Giant "Silver Spade" Coal Shovel Owned by the Hanna Coal Company Dwarfs Some Trees as the Machine Scoops Coal from A Trench. 07-1974 (3769900912).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Head of the Giant "Silver Spade" Coal Shovel Owned by the Hanna Coal Company Dwarfs Some Trees as the Machine Scoops Coal from A Trench. 07-1974 (3769900912).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Head_of_the_Giant_%22Silver_Spade%22_Coal_Shovel_Owned_by_the_Hanna_Coal_Company_Dwarfs_Some_Trees_as_the_Machine_Scoops_Coal_from_A_Trench._07-1974_%283769900912%29.jpg)
File:Head of the Giant "Silver Spade" Coal Shovel Owned by the Hanna Coal Company Dwarfs Some Trees as the Machine Scoops Coal from A Trench. 07-1974 (3769900912).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Largest strip mining shovel in existence, Silver Spade may become park centerpiece | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Largest strip mining shovel in existence, Silver Spade may become park centerpiece | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](https://liber.post-gazette.com/images4/20060917wCDspade_230.jpg)
Largest strip mining shovel in existence, Silver Spade may become park centerpiece | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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