The Krupp 288 bucket wheel excavator was constructed in five years ... the urge to solve Meccano-type problems once more overrode sanity. Prior to the Krupp 288 machine’s capturing the record ...

There have been some large Meccano models built – the construction ... The machine is an example of a bucket wheel excavator, the 288 being one of a class of machines, capable of mining 240 ...

A NORTH-EAST Meccano enthusiast has completed building a gigantic working model of a bucket wheel excavator – piecing together thousands of components over the past year. Joe Etheridge ...

One of the star attractions was a large Meccano model of Teesside's Newport ... provide parts for his latest project - a bucket wheel excavator used on the oil sands of Alberta, Canada.