This 1925 P&H Model 206 began as a steam-era shovel convertible into a dragline or crane. Converted to dragline work, it scooped barite ore at Cartersville's New Riverside Ochre mine.
ca. 1925 P&H Dragline Model 206
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ca. 1925 P&H Dragline Model 206 is a historical marker in White, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.2417, -84.7696 near White. The nearest cataloged historic site is ca. 1930 Whitcomb 15-ton Model 15DM4 Locomotive (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include ca. 1960 Euclid Dump Truck, Harris II - Meter Satellite Earth Station Antenna, and Tellus Science Museum.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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