A mechanical monster—the largest stonecrusher in the world—has been completed in the Ivrupp-Gruson works at Magdeburg in Germany. It weighs 235 tons, and it can crush 500 to 800 tons of granite in an hour. Its crushing jaws alone have a weight of nearly 40 tons, and 15 freight cars are needed to transport it.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 9 October 1933, Page 4
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55Untitled Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 9 October 1933, Page 4
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