NEW PHILADELPHIA A drag line that had been used for mining operations in Tuscarawas and Stark counties for more than 60 years has found a new home at the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park near New Athens.
Crews worked for several hours Friday to load the last two pieces of the Marion 111-M drag line onto flatbed trailers to be shipped to Harrison County.
The drag line had been sitting idle for the past six years at the old 416 Sand & Gravel plant on Goshen Hill Road just outside of New Philadelphia.
About a year ago, the owner of the machine contacted the park about donating it, said Dusty Welch, president of the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park.