Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VIEW OF quot;BIG MUSKIE,quot; OWNED BY THE OHIO POWER COMPANY. THE SHOVEL WEIGHS 13,000 TONS AND ITS BUC

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. VIEW OF quot;BIG MUSKIE,quot; OWNED BY THE OHIO POWER COMPANY. THE SHOVEL WEIGHS 13,000 TONS AND ITS BUCKET CAN HOLD 12 CARS. THE MACHINE STANDS OVER 20 STORIES HIGH, PICKS UP 325 TONS OF EARTH PER SCOOP AND CUTS A SWATH 75 FEET WIDE AND 150 FEET DEEP. IT IS OPERATED BY ONE MAN IN AN AIR-CONDITIONE CAB. NEAR CHANDLERSVILLE, OHIO

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Calonius, Erik

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Erik Calonius, photojournalist and contributing photographer to the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project in the early 1970s. Erik Calonius earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He was a reporter, editor, and London-based correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and served as an editor and writer for Fortune magazine where he was nominated for the National Magazine Award. He is also the former Miami Bureau Chief for Newsweek. He is the aut...