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dragline [′drag‚līn] (mechanical engineering) An excavator operated by pulling a bucket on ropes towards the jib from which it is suspended. Also known as dragline excavator. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 2000 in Australia, the firm commissioned the largest operating dragline in the world that can move earth the equivalent of two football fields during excavation. 5, 124, 333 Spices 317 Spiders 22, 38, 91 Spiders, dragline silk 38 Spielman, Andrew 324 Spies, Robert 357 Spiropulu, Maria 188 Spitzer, Robert L. Corps draglines straightened seven miles of the Cache while bulldozers assaulted the woodland border before a government task force concluded the activity was the "single most damaging project to waterfowl in the nation today," and funding dried up. |
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