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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.
CANTON The construction fence around Centennial Plaza will come down Wednesday. That morning, the crew will be out there disassembling it, so by that afternoon, it will be open to everyone in the area, said Donn Angus, the city planning director.
Overall, Angus said, he s tickled with the final product.
Canton broke ground in August 2019 on the $12.3 million plaza, primarily funded by city tax revenue along with a $1.5 million state grant and $2.5 million in private donations. Officials aimed for completion by the NFL Centennial Celebration in September but that was postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic.
MKSK, a Columbus-based firm, designed the football-themed space, and Dunlop & Johnston Inc. was the general contractor. Members of Ironworkers Local 550, working with Selinsky Force and Barnhart Crane & Rigging, installed the approximately 80-foot tall stainless steel arches in September.