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Sample photos from "Kansas Physiographic Regions--Bird's-eye Views"


Big Brutus, world's second largest electric shovel, in Cherokee County. (Note the standard-sized shovels at the bottom and people on road in upper left for scale)

Photo from kite; Big Brutus mining shovel with smaller steam shovels nearby.

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